Grimes v. . Guion

"WiNBORNE, J.

The ruling of the court in sustaining demurrer ore tenus to the further defense set up by defendant, Amelia Guion, finds support in the case of Wood v. Tinsley, 138 N. C., 507, 51 S. E., 59, upon authority of which judgment below must be affirmed. The decision there is epitomized in the headnote: “Since the Connor Act (Laws 1885, ch. 147), one who goes into possession of land under a parol contract to convey, paying the purchase money and making improvements thereon, cannot assert the right to remain in possession until he is repaid tbe amount expended for tbe purchase-money and…