Goff, Cranston & Co. v. Pope
Supreme Court of North Carolina
. Claim and Delivery, tried at Fall Term, 1879, of Nash Superior Court, before Eure, J. The plaintiffs claimed a portable steam engine, grist and saw mill, and tire appurtenances thereto, which were located on the land of W. D. Harrison, in the county of Nash, and conveyed to them by Charles W. Smith of Pitt county, in the manner described in the opinion of this court. . Under the charge of the court, the jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiffs; judgment, appeal by…
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. Claim and Delivery, tried at Fall Term, 1879, of Nash Superior Court, before Eure, J. The plaintiffs claimed a portable steam engine, grist and saw mill, and tire appurtenances thereto, which were located on the land of W. D. Harrison, in the county of Nash, and conveyed to them by Charles W. Smith of Pitt county, in the manner described in the opinion of this court. . Under the charge of the court, the jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiffs; judgment, appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The plaintiffs derive title to the articles mentioned in their complaint under three successive mortgage deeds from C. W. Smith to them, the first executed in September, 1869, and describing the property conveyed, as do the others, in the following language: “ The growing cotton and corn crops on plantation situate on Tar River in said state of North Carolina, formerly known as thePenny Hill plantation,’ ” with full boundaries ; “ also including in this conveyance the portable steam engine, grist and saw mill, and forty horses now on said plantation; also a second portable steam engine, used…
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