Gray v. . Bailey
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotioN, for the recovery of land, tried before Brown, J., at Fall Term, 1895, of Davie Superior Court, on a case agreed, the material facts of which appear in the opinion of Chief Justice Faiecloth. ITis Honor held that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover and rendered judgment accordingly, and plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Faircloth, C. J.:
In 1888 the land in controversy was conveyed by deed in fee to F. M. Johnson and his wife A. L. Johnson. On December 3, 1891, F. M. Johnson conveyed his interest in the land to Bailey & Gfaither in trust for the purposes recited. In May, 1892, the trustees sold the land and the wife became the purchaser, who died on the 29th of October, 1892, leaving a will in which she devised the land to the defendant. On December 8, 1.391, a judgment was obtained against F. M. Johnson and docketed, and on July 2, 1894, the sheriff sold the land to satisfy the judgment, the husband still…
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