Wise v. . Short
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Harding, J., at April Term, 1921, of MeCKLENBuEG. This case comes here upon a case agreed, heard before Judge Harding, with reference to the title to a house and lot in the city of Charlotte, N. C., the plaintiffs having entered into an agreement with the defendant for the purchase of the same by him.
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Appeal by defendant from Harding, J., at April Term, 1921, of MeCKLENBuEG. This case comes here upon a case agreed, heard before Judge Harding, with reference to the title to a house and lot in the city of Charlotte, N. C., the plaintiffs having entered into an agreement with the defendant for the purchase of the same by him. The defendant, under advice of counsel, declined to take title, for tbat tbe same was defective as to a one-balf interest in tbe land purported to bave been devised under a will made in tbe Syrian language by Alex. Salem to Eicbard Salem, predecessor in title of tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
'WalKeb, J.,
after stating tbe facts: Tbe will, dated 6 October, 1918, is as follows:
“Brother Eicbard, take care of yourself and stay with William at tbe store. I am going to tbe hospital on account of not feeling well. I hope God nothing happens, but if it does, everything is yours. Got some money in tbe bank, but don’t know bow much we owe on bouse. Mr. Buchanan will tell you. We do not owe anything else except tbat. I hope in a few days I will come back. All papers at tbe same bank we deal with, Box 305. (Signed) Brother Alex.”
This paper, though in tbe form of a letter, is sufficient, in…
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