Bell v. . McJones

The feme defendant, Lydia Jones, wife of M. M. Jones, owned a lot in Belhaven, which fronted on "Water Street of that town. The plaintiffs introduced a deed to her for this lot, which showed that it' was 65 feet wide and 250 feet deep. The plaintiffs alleged and offered evidence tending to show that M. M. Jones proposed to sell them this lot, which was called by them the “Sam Wilkinson lot,” and in consequence of this offer and subsequent negotiations the plaintiffs agreed to buy the same and pay therefor the sum of $1,000; that defendant, M. M. Jones, thereafter produced a deed for it, in…