Legal Opinion
Stokes v. Smith
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided October 16, 1957No. 95PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRodmaN, J.
Plaintiffs have served no case on appeal, have filed no assignments of error, and have filed no brief or appeal bond. Defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s appeal is allowed.
The children of Mary Jones McLawhorn contend that the facts stipulated establish as a matter of law that Exum Dail was a mere conduit to pass the title of Mrs. McLawhorn’s property to her husband, and since the deed from Mrs. McLawhorn and husband to Dail was not probated as required for a valid conveyance from wife to husband (G.S. 62-12), he acquired no title to the property, but upon her death was a tenant by…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Mobley v. . GriffinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
- Markham v. W. H. Hicks & Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
- Adrian v. . ShawSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1880
- Fleming v. . GrahamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1892
- Lambert v. . KinnerySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1876
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In Re LoveUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1984
- Moseley v. BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANYCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1973
- In Re LoveDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1985
- James Edward ParkerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. North Carolina · 2019
- North Carolina National Bank v. SharpeCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1980
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