Poisson v. . Pettaway
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Carter, J., at July Term, 1912, of New HaNover. Civil action. From a judgment for plaintiffs, the defendants appealed. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court by Mr. Justice Brown.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Jebu Poisson purchased the lot in controversy and died in 1873, devising it in fee to his daughter Sarah, who died in 1906, devising it in fee to her brother and only heir at law, Janies Dickson Poisson. He died in 1910, intestate, seized of the .property, never having married, leaving no brother or sister or issue of such.
The plaintiffs are the nearest collateral relatives of James D. and Sarah Poisson, of the blood of their father, Jehu Poisson.
The defendants are equally related to James Dickson and Sarah through their mother, the wdfe of Jehu Poisson, but are not of the blood of the latter.
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