Latta v. . Vickers
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action tried at Spring Term, 1879, of Orange Superior Court, before McKoy, J. The plaintiff is one of four tenants in common in whose name a petition was filed in the late court of equity of Orange county at fall term, 3863, for partition and sale of a tract'of land of one hundred and fifty acres, the plaintiff an infant appearing by his uncle and next friend the petitioner, Anderson Latta.
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Civil Action tried at Spring Term, 1879, of Orange Superior Court, before McKoy, J. The plaintiff is one of four tenants in common in whose name a petition was filed in the late court of equity of Orange county at fall term, 3863, for partition and sale of a tract'of land of one hundred and fifty acres, the plaintiff an infant appearing by his uncle and next friend the petitioner, Anderson Latta. A decree of sale was then made, and pursuant to its terms, the clerk and. master advertised and exposed the land to public sale at Durham on December 1st, 1863, and the defendant became the purchaser…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J.,
after stating the case. The case shows no equity in the plaintiff calling for the intervention of the court, and the disturbance of the successive orders and final judgment in the cause. The proceedings were conducted in accordance with the established and regular practice, and the petitioner was represented by his next friend in association with others, whose interests were identical with his own. No imputation upon the integrity of the defendant’s conduct is made, no suggestion of unfair means used to influence the action of the court, and no reason, except the plaintiff’s…
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