Pass v. . Brooks
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PossbssoRy ActxoN for land, tried before Timberlahe, J., at August Term, 1898, of the Superior Court of Person County. The plaintiff claimed that he was the owner, and entitled to the immediate possession of a tract of TJ acres of land, in possession of defendants.
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PossbssoRy ActxoN for land, tried before Timberlahe, J., at August Term, 1898, of the Superior Court of Person County. The plaintiff claimed that he was the owner, and entitled to the immediate possession of a tract of TJ acres of land, in possession of defendants. The defendants answered that they were rightfully in possession, under a purchase by John T. Brooks, deceased husband of Mary E. Brooks, and father of the other defendants; that he had paid the plaintiff the agreed price, $39, and had died in possession, after putting valuable improvements .upon the land, but the plaintiff had…
1Opinion of the CourtPuRCinss, J.
This is an action-for possession of a lot of land containing about one and one-half acres. The defendants admit that they have no deed or leg’al title to the lot, but allege that John T. Brooks, the father of the infant defendants, purchased the same from the plaintiff, Pass, at the price of $39; that he paid the whole of the purchase money, and went into possession under said purchase; that the lot so purchased was vacant at the time of the purchase, and that the price paid ($39), was a full and fair price for the same; that after said purchase, the said John T. Brooks, believing that the…
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