Riley v. . Hall
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN, to set aside a deed alleged to have been obtained from plaintiffs’ ancestor by the undue influence of the defendants and others in their behalf, and to recover the land conveyed thereby, tried before Greene, J., and a jury, at May Term, 1896, of Cumbeklamd Superior Court.
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Civil actioN, to set aside a deed alleged to have been obtained from plaintiffs’ ancestor by the undue influence of the defendants and others in their behalf, and to recover the land conveyed thereby, tried before Greene, J., and a jury, at May Term, 1896, of Cumbeklamd Superior Court. The issues submitted and the responses were as follows : “ 1. Was the execution of the deed dated September 29, 1887, from John Riley to W. J. B. Hall and the other defendants, obtained by the undue influence of the defendants, or any one in their behalf? “Answer,‘ Yes.’ “ 2. At the date of the execution of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Fujbohes, J.:
This action is for the purpose of declaring void a deed from John Riley to the defendants, dated September 29, 1887, and for the possession of the land therein described. The plaintiffs, in the first article of their complaint, allege that on or about September 29, 1887, .John Riley, the father of plaintiffs, executed to W. J. B. Hall, J. R. Hall and I. J. Hall, the defendants in this action, a deed for the following tract of land (describing it).
In the second article of the complaint they allege that John Riley died soon thereafter, to-wit, in February, 1888, leaving the…
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- Best v. . FrederickSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
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