Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Thomas.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 23, 1901PublishedCited by 11 opinions
ActioN by Willie G. Griffin, Susan E. Moser, E. L. Hudson, Amanda Hudson (Ms wife), Rebecca Alexander, David Alexander and Tbomas Alexander (tbe last two infants under twenty-one years of age), by defendants, heard by Judge II. R. Siwrbuck, upon complaint and demurrer to counter-claim. Erom judgment for plaintiffs, the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClaeK, J.
The plaintiffs are the children and grand-
children of Thos. R. Eaton. They brought this action to recover 715 acres of land devised to them by the will of Susan Eaton, probated and recorded August, 1842, by the following clauses:
“Item 1. I give and bequeath to my son Thos. R. Eaton, the following negroes * * *. ■ I also give to him the tract of land whereon I now live, and which formerly belonged to my mother Mary Somerville, deceased, to have and to hold the said land and negroes unto him during his life, and after his death I give said land and negroes to his children. Should any child of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Arrington v. . ArringtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
- Kramer v. Thomson-Houston Electric Light Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
- Geer v. . GeerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1891
- Phipps v. . WilsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
3Cited by11 opinions
- Pritchard v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1918
- Cover v. . McAdenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1922
- McDowell v. BeckhamWashington Supreme Court · 1913
- Pritchard v. . WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1918
- Richmond Cedar Works v. J. L. Roper Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
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