Simpson v. . Houston
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil ACTION, tried before Avery, Judge, at February Term, 1886, of UNION Superior Court. There was judgment for the defendant, from which the plaintiffs appealed. The facts are the same as in the case of Hasty v. Simpson, 84 N. C., 590.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The facts stated in the case in the present appeal are essentially the same as those before the Court in Hasty v. Simpson, reported in 84 N. C., 590, and the rehearsal is entirely unnecessary to an understanding of the matter in -controversy. Then the application was to set aside the execution under which the land allotted as a homestead to the bankrupt had been sold, and it was refused. The present action, as suggested in that opinion, is to test the validity of the title acquired by the purchaser at the sale, and is instituted by the plaintiff Simpson and his wife, the latter claiming under…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Markham v. W. H. Hicks & Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
- Murphy v. . McNeillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1880
- Lamb v. . ChamnessSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
- Hasty v. . SimpsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
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