Woodruff v. . Bowles
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Assign m eni— Consideration — Deed—Evidence—Fraud—Husband. and Wife — Marriage. This was a civil actioN, tried before Merrimon, J., at' August Term, 1889, of the Superior Court of Iredell County. The plaintiffs claimed title to, and sought to recover of the defendants, the land mentioned and described in the complaint.
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Assign m eni— Consideration — Deed—Evidence—Fraud—Husband. and Wife — Marriage. This was a civil actioN, tried before Merrimon, J., at' August Term, 1889, of the Superior Court of Iredell County. The plaintiffs claimed title to, and sought to recover of the defendants, the land mentioned and described in the complaint. On the 21st day of May, 1888, the Sheriff sold the land as the property of the defendant Calvin Bowles, under an execution upon a judgment of the Superior Court of Iredell County, in favor of A. P. Sharpe, administrator, and others, against Calvin Bowles, defendant, and others.…
1Opinion of the CourtAvery, J.
— after stating the facts: In the natural order of treating the subject, the second exception should be the first considered. The plaintiffs contend that the Court erred in failing to declare that the deed executed by Calvin Bowles, Oct. 6, 1883, to his wife was fraudulent upon its face, and void in law, because the consideration cited therein was “eleven hundred and fifty dollars to him paid by said Asenath Bowles (the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged), and in consideration of natural love and affection.”
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