Cribbs v. Floyd

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

On or about June 5, 1933, Sam G. Floyd, a resident of Marion County, died intestate, seized in fee and possessed of a tract of land containing 160 acres. The issues presented by this appeal grow out of an action for the partition of this land among his heirs at law. Sam G. Floyd left no issue, and the case turns upon whether or not proceedings instituted by him on December 24, 1921, before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Robeson County, North Carolina, for the adoption of his niece, the defendant Mattie Lou F. Ashley, are valid.