Avent v. Arrington
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil ACTION, tried before Connor, J., at Spring Term, 1889, of the Superior Court of Nash County. The findings of fact, conclusions of law, and judgment were as follows: On the 18th day of January, 1848, Nicholas W. Arrington, being the owner in fee of the real estate described in the complaint, signed and delivered unto Elizabeth F. Wright, his daughter, and the then wife of W. T. Wright, the paper-writing, a copy whereof is as follows: > “This indenture and…
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This was a civil ACTION, tried before Connor, J., at Spring Term, 1889, of the Superior Court of Nash County. The findings of fact, conclusions of law, and judgment were as follows: On the 18th day of January, 1848, Nicholas W. Arrington, being the owner in fee of the real estate described in the complaint, signed and delivered unto Elizabeth F. Wright, his daughter, and the then wife of W. T. Wright, the paper-writing, a copy whereof is as follows: > “This indenture and deed of gift, made this 18th day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, between Nicholas W. Arrington, of…
1Opinion of the CourtAvery, J.
after stating the facts: The defendants,in their answer to the amended complaint, deny the allegation that N. W. Arrington executed a deed on the 18th day of January, .1848, to his daughter, Elizabeth F. Wright, under whom the plaintiffs claim, for the land in controversy, and aver that the said Arrington, on that day, “signed a paper-writing, but they deny “that said document was either seale.d or delivered.” The plaintiffs, in their amended complaint (paragraph seven), allege that “if it shall be found, on inspection of the paper-writing alleged to be a deed in the second article of this…
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