Mayho and Parker v. . Cotton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action for the recovery of 900 acres of land, tried at the January (Special) Term, 1873, of Halifax Superior Court, before his Honor, Cloud, J., upon the facts contained in the following case agreed: “The sheriff of Halifax, under executions duly issued on sundry judgments against the defendant, B. W. Cotton, on the 6th,March, A. D., 1869, after due levy and advertisement, (levy made subsequent to the adoption of the Constitution,) proceeded to sell at the Court House…
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Civil action for the recovery of 900 acres of land, tried at the January (Special) Term, 1873, of Halifax Superior Court, before his Honor, Cloud, J., upon the facts contained in the following case agreed: “The sheriff of Halifax, under executions duly issued on sundry judgments against the defendant, B. W. Cotton, on the 6th,March, A. D., 1869, after due levy and advertisement, (levy made subsequent to the adoption of the Constitution,) proceeded to sell at the Court House door in said county, the lands claimed in this action. At the said sale, the plaintiff, Parker, became the purchaser at…
1Opinion of the CourtRodman, J.
The defendant, Cotton, owned two pieces of land four miles apart, the one called the Mansion, on which he resided, and which is claimed in this action, and the other called the Swamp Place. Both were sold under execution on 6th March, 1869. The plaintiffs purchased the Mansion. The defendant claims a homestead in it.
On the 2d' March, 1869, defendant proceeding under the Act of 22d August, 1868, then in force, (Acts 1868, ch. 43,) applied to a Justice to have his homestead laid off in the Swamp Place, which was done, the return of the freeholders being dated 4th March. It does not appear when…
2Cited by25 opinions
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- Hughes v. . HodgesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
- Fleming v. . GrahamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1892
- Joyner v. Sugg.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Adrian v. . ShawSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
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