Avery v. Stewart.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by A. W. Avery against J. W. Stewart, heard by Judge Fred. Moore and a jury at November Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Graven County.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This action is brought to establish and enforce a parol trust. The plaintiff alleges that John Humphrey and his wife, being the owners of a tract of land in Craven County containing about ninety acres, contracted to sell the same to him at the price of $500, and that he, not then being able to pay the stipulated price, informed the defendant Stewart of his contract with the Humphreys and requested the defendant to buy the land for him and allow him three years to pay him the pnrahase-money; that the defendant agreed to this proposal, with the proviso that the plaintiff should pay him $100 for…
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