Murray v. . Shanklin

Peter Sermon died seized in fee of a tract of land situate on Mattamuskeet Lake, in Hyde County, and the same descended to his heirs-at-law, of whom Reuben Berry, John Berry, Rachel Berry, and Levisa Berry were part, to whom, as representing a deceased parent, one undivided fourth part of the Sermon tract of land belonged. Such proceedings were had by the heirs of Sermon that partition of the descended land was made between them by the judgment of the County Court, in which one-fourth part of the whole tract was laid off and allotted as the share of the said Reuben, John, Rachel, and Levisa,…