MacFarland v. Hanes

CONNOR, District Judge.

Plaintiff is a citizen and resident o£ Massachusetts. Defendants are citizens and residents of North Carolina. The bill, answers, and evidence disclose the following case:

Prior to January 1, 1920, Henry A. Page, Sr., was the owner o£ a body of land comprising 17 tracts, situate in Moore county, N. C., aggregating 2,800 acres, one of which tracts was known as the “Fletcher farm,” containing 576 acres. Page sold the land to one Alexander., taking a mortgage thereon, which was duly recorded, to secure payment *938of $50,000, the balance due on the purchase price. Alexander…