Legal Opinion

Vandiford v. Humphrey.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 19, 1905PublishedCited by 9 opinions

AotioN by Jackson Yandiford and wife against John C. Humphrey and wife, beard by Judge J. L. Webb and a jury, at the March Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of Pitt County. From a judgment for the defendants, the plaintiffs appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtCoNNOR, J.

This action is prosecuted by plaintiffs, Jackson Vandiford and wife, for the cancellation of a deed executed by the feme plaintiff to defendants conveying a tract of land, being her separate estate. The validity of the deed is attacked for that, (1) the feme plaintiff was a married woman at the date of its execution; (2) the execution was obtained by fraud and undue influence; (3) the feme plaintiff was of unsound mind and incapable of executing a valid conveyance. The defendants admitted the coverture, but alleged that at the date of the execution of the deed, the male plaintiff had…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hall v. . WalkerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Council v. PridgenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
  2. Witty v. . BarhamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
  3. Bachelor v. . NorrisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
  4. Keys v. . TutenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
  5. Nichols v. . YorkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941

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