Anderson v. . Wilkins

The following are the facts found by the Judge: The plaintiffs contracted to sell to the defendant a lot in Wilson for $1,000, and tendered a deed for it, but the defendant refused to pay the purchase money, alleging that the title is defective. The lot is a part of a larger parcel of land in the same town which was devised to the feme plaintiff (formerly Lucy Whitehead) by her father, H. G. Whitehead. He had four other children, Robert B., H. G., William B., and James S. Whitehead, all of whom survived him. Before 31 August, 1896, the feme plaintiff had intermarried with her co-plaintiff and…