Brown v. Morisey
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil AotioN for admeasurement of dower, tried before Robinson, J., at August Term, 1898, of DupliN Superior Court. The action, was commenced July 8, 1896. The plaintiff is tbe widow of George Brown.
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Civil AotioN for admeasurement of dower, tried before Robinson, J., at August Term, 1898, of DupliN Superior Court. The action, was commenced July 8, 1896. The plaintiff is tbe widow of George Brown. They were married in August, 1854; in September, 1854, he bought from A. Best the land, located in Duplin County and described in the complaint, and took a fee simple deed for it, with warranty, proved and registered in January, 1855. He built a dwelling house on the land, cleared a few acres around the house, and the plaintiff and her husband lived in the house for more than a year; then she and…
1Opinion of the CourtEukches, J.
This is a proceeding for dower and defendant denies plaintiff’s right, alleges title in bimself and pleads adverse possession, lapse of time, statute of limitations and release. Upon tbe trial tbe plaintiff showed that she was married.to George Brown in 1854, a deed to him dated in September, 1854, conveying tbe land in controversy to him in fee simple; that be entered upon said land and built a bouse, and cleared and cultivated a part of tbe land, and that she and her said husband lived on it for more than a yearj when they left tbe land, and her husband left tbe State and died in 1860 or…
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