Worth v. . Wrenn
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotioN for specific performance of a contract for tbe sale of land, tried before Ward, Jand a jury, at November Term, 1906, of tbe Superior Court of SuitRY County.
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Civil aotioN for specific performance of a contract for tbe sale of land, tried before Ward, Jand a jury, at November Term, 1906, of tbe Superior Court of SuitRY County. There were statements in tbe record, admission of parties and evidence of plaintiff wbicb tended to show that on 10 November, 1863, Job Worth and Ice Snow contracted in writing to sell and convey unto William Colson the land described in the complaint; that William Colson agreed to pay 1,200 pounds of good tobacco, and executed his three bonds set out in the complaint; that William Colson immediately went into possession of…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
The Court is of opinion that neither the lapse of time, as applied under our former system, nor the statute of limitations now in force, as a conclusion of law, will operate to bar the plaintiff’s claim, and on the testimony and admission the plaintiff is entitled to have the case submitted to the jury.
The action is to enforce the vendor’s lien for unpaid purchase-money where a bond has been given to make title to real' property on payment of the purchase price, the plaintiff owning the debt and holding the legal title as successor to the rights of the vendor, and the defendants holding as…
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