Morris v. . Ford
Supreme Court of North Carolina
The plaintiff William Morris filed his bill against the defendants Reuben Ii. Ford, John Ford, William Ford and Elizabeth Ford, and therein charged, that lie and one James Morris, in the year 1812, purchased from the defendant Reuben, the undivided moiety of a certain tract of land therein described, with the reservation of one acre thereof for Elizabeth Ford, paid the purchase money, and took from the said Reuben a bond with Robert Catlett surety thereto, conditioned to…
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The plaintiff William Morris filed his bill against the defendants Reuben Ii. Ford, John Ford, William Ford and Elizabeth Ford, and therein charged, that lie and one James Morris, in the year 1812, purchased from the defendant Reuben, the undivided moiety of a certain tract of land therein described, with the reservation of one acre thereof for Elizabeth Ford, paid the purchase money, and took from the said Reuben a bond with Robert Catlett surety thereto, conditioned to make a title so soon as a partition could be liad between him, Reuben and William Ford, who was seized of the other moie*…
1Opinion of the Court
Gaston, •Judge.
After stating the pleadings as aboi e, proceeded as follows;—
The plaintiff exhibits what be insists was the award, and proves its execution by Philemon Morris, one of tiie subscribing witnesses. It bears date 11th November, 1811, and in relation to the matters connected with this controversy, it awards that Elizabeth Ford shall make A deed Jo Eeuben and William Ford for the land on which she lives, and that Eeuben and William shall deliver to her twenty seven bushels of corn and eight bushels of wheat annually, and give her the house, in which she lives and one acre of land…
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