Henry v. McCoy.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by John S. Henry against Winfield McCoy and others, heard by Judge M. H. Justice, at November Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Macon County. From a judgment for the defendants, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
It appears from the complaint that on 1 April, 1899, H. H. McCoy entered into the entry taker's office of Macon County a tract of land; that he died in 1899, without having paid the State and without having taken out a grant for the land; that within the time required by the statute his sister, Pearlie McCoy, on 31 December, 1901, paid for the land entered by her brother, and procured a grant from the State to be made out in his name. It appears further in the complaint that the plaintiff, J. S. Henry, on 8 September, 1900, entered in the same office the same tract of land, and on 14 March,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Carter v. . WhiteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
- State Ex Rel. Ray v. CastleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1878
- Crow v. . HollandSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1834
3Cited by1 opinion
- Waldo v. . WilsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1917