Vanderbilt v. Johnson.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by George W. Vanderbilt against D. L. Johnson and others, heard by Judge W. B. GounciU, at the Spring Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of Hendebson. The plaintiff brought this and another action to try- the title to property described in his complaints. The complaints contained the usual allegations in such cases and the answers denied them. By consent, the cases were consolidated and referred.
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ActioN by George W. Vanderbilt against D. L. Johnson and others, heard by Judge W. B. GounciU, at the Spring Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of Hendebson. The plaintiff brought this and another action to try- the title to property described in his complaints. The complaints contained the usual allegations in such cases and the answers denied them. By consent, the cases were consolidated and referred. The referee made his report of the evidence and his findings of fact and conclusions of law. Exceptions to the report, so far as it affected the case of the plaintiff against Johnson, were…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The plaintiff claims title under a grant to David Allison, November 29, 1796, and connected himself with this grant by a chain of mesne conveyances, all of which cover the land in dispute. In deraigning his title, the plaintiff offered in evidence the will of John Strother, dated November 22, 1816. The will is attested by two witnesses, but was admitted to probate in Tennessee upon the testimony of one only. The General Assembly of North Carolina at its session of 1885 enacted an act to cure the defects in the probate of this will, and to ratify and validate the orders'of the probate courts…
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