Knight v. . Houghtalling
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action, tried at Fall Term, 1880, of Gbanville Superior Court, before Eure, J, This is an action to foreclose a mortgage, and in tlieir' complaint the plaintiffs allege that on the 14th day of February, 1870, at Yonkers in the state of New York, the plaintiff Robert Knight and W. K. Couzens and the defendants entered into a • contract under seal, whereby the two former covenanted to sell, and the latter to buy, a tract of land situate in Granville county, North…
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Civil Action, tried at Fall Term, 1880, of Gbanville Superior Court, before Eure, J, This is an action to foreclose a mortgage, and in tlieir' complaint the plaintiffs allege that on the 14th day of February, 1870, at Yonkers in the state of New York, the plaintiff Robert Knight and W. K. Couzens and the defendants entered into a • contract under seal, whereby the two former covenanted to sell, and the latter to buy, a tract of land situate in Granville county, North Carolina, known as “ The Locust Grove Plantation,” together with the crop of corn growing ther'éon, and the corn and oats of…
1Opinion of the CourtRuKKiN, J.
It being established by the verdict of the-jur}7', that the defendants- were deceived by the fraudulent representations of their vendors as to certain matters constituting material inducements to their purchase of the-land, out of which this action grows, and that they on their part, had used all necessary diligence and prudence, it must follow that they are entitled to relief in the premises-, unless-some error was committed in the conduct of the trial by the admission of improper testimony, the withholding of proper instructions asked for, or the rendering of such a-judgment as the law does…
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