Lancaster v. . Lancaster
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Bond, J., at June Term, 1919, of Edge-combe. Tbe plaintiff was seized in ber own right of the land described in the pleadings. Her lzusband having been declared a lunatic and being confined in the hospital at Raleigh, she contracted to sell the land to the defendant, who refused the deed tendered by the plaintiff upon the sole ground that she could not convey title thereto by a good and sufficient deed without the written assent of her husband.
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Appeal by defendant from Bond, J., at June Term, 1919, of Edge-combe. Tbe plaintiff was seized in ber own right of the land described in the pleadings. Her lzusband having been declared a lunatic and being confined in the hospital at Raleigh, she contracted to sell the land to the defendant, who refused the deed tendered by the plaintiff upon the sole ground that she could not convey title thereto by a good and sufficient deed without the written assent of her husband. The court gave judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
ClaRK, O. J.
The sole question raised is whether or not the plaintiff, whose husband had been declared a lunatic, can, during the continuance of such lunacy, convey her land without the written assent of her husband, under sec. 2116 of the Revisal; in other words, whether or not this section is in violation of sec. 6, Art. S, of the Constitution.
This statute is clear and unambiguous. It provides, among other things, that “Every woman . . . whose husband shall have been declared an idiot or lunatic shall be deemed and held from the date . . . of such idiocy or lunacy, and during its…
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- Sparks v. . SparksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
- Hall v. . WalkerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
- Council v. PridgenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
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