Legal Opinion

Hughes v. . Long

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 5, 1896PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Civil aotioN, for the foreclosure of a mortgage, tried before Robinson, N., at September Term, 1896, of WabebN Superior Court, a jury trial being waived. The pertinent facts appear in the opinion of Chief Justice Faikoloth. His Honor held that the probate of the mortgage upon which the plaintiff relied was void, and that the instrument had not been legally admitted to registration. There was judgment for defendant Richardson, and plaintiff appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

EaiRoloth, C. J. :

The plaintiff instituted this action to foreclose a mortgage executed to him by W. W. Long, on January 21, 1891, conveying a piece of land “known as a part of the Tom Thompson Alston tract,” containing 613 acres, and described by the adjacent lands of other parties. This deed purports to have been registered in Warren County on January 21, 1891.

On February 20’, 1890, said Long had executed to A. R. Shattuck a deed of trust, to secure the British and Atneri- can Mortgage Co., including “ all those tracts or parcels of land lying in one body in the Counties of Warren and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. . LewisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. In Re WinglerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1950
  2. Ferebee v. . SawyerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
  3. Smith v. Town of CaroLina BeachSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1934
  4. City of Lawrence v. Commissioners of Public WorksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
  5. State Ex Rel. Brigman v. BaleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1938

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