Legal Opinion

Turner v. . Battle

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 20, 1918PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by plaintiff from Lyon, J., at November Term, 1911, of EbaNKlin.

1Opinion of the CourtClabk, C. J.

The sole question involved in this case is whether or not a child born of a marriage between S. J. Parham and Hattie M. Parham was born alive. If it was, S. J. Parham was tenant by the curtesy in the lands described in the pleadings, and the judgment against him is a lien upon such lands. If it was not, then he. had no interest in the lands and they are not affected by any lien by reason of said judgment.

The only persons present at the birth of the child were its mother, paternal grandmother, and the attending physicians, and they are now all dead. The judgment creditors offered as evidence…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Henderson v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1855
  2. Gilliland v. Board of Education.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  3. Hoyt v. LightbodySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
  4. University of North Carolina v. HarrisonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
  5. Arents v. . Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Kornegay v. . GoldsboroSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1920
  2. Kornegay v. City of GoldsboroSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1920
  3. United States v. Mid-Continent Petroleum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1933
  4. Bowman v. HowardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1921
  5. Bowman v. . HowardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1921

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