Legal Opinion

Ray v. Long.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 10, 1903Published

ActioN by H. M. Ray and wife against Jacob' A. Long, beard by Judge T. A. McNeill and a jury, at September Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of AlamaNce County. From a judgment for the plaintiffs, the defendant appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.

This case was before us at February Term, 1901, and is reported in 128 N. C., 90. In that opinion the court says: “The marriage having taken place since 1868, be should have said to the jury, as laid down in Kirkpatrick v. Holmes, 108 N. C., 206 and approved in Ross v. Hendrix, 110 N. C., 405: ‘If her separate'estate went into the bands of her husband and be invested it in land, taking title-in bis own name in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, a trust would have resulted to herd In Briscoe v. Norris, 112 N. C., 676, it is said this equitable title was ‘such as to enable her, upon…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Harrison v. . RaySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1891
  2. Bruce v. . NicholsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1891
  3. Denmark v. Atlantic & North Carolina RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  4. Pretzfelder v. Merchants Insurance Co. of NewarkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
  5. Tucker v. . SatterthwaiteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897

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