C. J. Shoaf & Co. v. Frost
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an appeal from ail order of Starbuek, ./., at Pall Term, 1897, of Davie County, sustaining an exception to the allotment of homestead Commissioners and ordering a new allotment. The facts appear in the. opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Faircloth, C. J.:
Under proper proceedings appraisers were appointed to lay off the defendant’s homestead, which they did, describing the assigned premises by metes and bounds, and valued the same at $1,000. The plaintiffs excep.ted to the appraisers’ return and a jury trial was had under The Code, Sec. 519, and the amendatory Act of 1885, Chapter 347, and in response to the issues they found as a fact that the land allotted as aforesaid was worth $2,000. An appeal wras taken and this Court held that the valuation fixed by the jury was final, and the commissioners appointed to make a second…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. BartsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
- Vanstory v. . ThorntonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1892
3Cited by2 opinions
- Shoaf v. Frost.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Shoaf & Co. v. FrostSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898