Sigmon v. . Hawn
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN to recover land tried at Fall Term, 1881, of Burke Superior Court, before Seymour, J. The plaintiff, Barbara Sigmon, claiming to be the owner of the land in controversy, brings this action for the recovery of the possession thereof.
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Civil ActioN to recover land tried at Fall Term, 1881, of Burke Superior Court, before Seymour, J. The plaintiff, Barbara Sigmon, claiming to be the owner of the land in controversy, brings this action for the recovery of the possession thereof. The defendant considering that the land once belonged to the plaintiff, resists her right to- the possession upon the ground that her husband, the late Abel Sigmon, disposed of the land in his last will by directing it to he sold by his executors, and by the same will made devises and bequests to the plaintiff, which she has, with a full knowledge of…
1Opinion of the CourtRuKKiN, J.
In the complaint, the land which is the subject of the action is described as that which is “ known as a part of the David Link lands on the waters of South Fork river, and containing by estimation ninety-four acres”; and in the petition for dower filed by the plaintiff in the probate court, (which is made a part of this case,) amongst the lands whereof it is said her husband died seized, mention is made of a tract “ known as the David Link land, containing one hundred acres more or less, on the waters of South Fork river.” Judging from the similarity of the two descriptions, we infer that it…
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