Mary N. Woodbourne v. . Ralph Gorrel and Others
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Iliis was an action to recover a tract of land in Guilford 'county, containing nineteen acres, tried before Tourgee, Judge, at Eall Term 1871, of Guilford Superior Court. Both parties claimed under one Mebane. Plaintiff was a ■daughter of said Mebane, and in tbe partition of bfs lands among bis children, this portion was allotted to her.
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Iliis was an action to recover a tract of land in Guilford 'county, containing nineteen acres, tried before Tourgee, Judge, at Eall Term 1871, of Guilford Superior Court. Both parties claimed under one Mebane. Plaintiff was a ■daughter of said Mebane, and in tbe partition of bfs lands among bis children, this portion was allotted to her. Plaintiff intermarried with Woodbournein 1818, who died in 1867. To connect the defendants with David Mebane, fatiier of plaintiff, plaintiff produced a copy of a registered deed, purporting to be executed by herself and Allen Woodbourne, her husband, dated m…
1Opinion of the CourtPeabsoN, C. J.
Many interesting questions were presented and argued by the learned counsel, on both sides in reference to the examination and probate, in 1823. We will not enter into them, for in our opinion, the title of the plaintiff passed beyond all question, by the proceedings had in 1833. So, what we might say in regard to the proceedings in 1823, would be obiter, which the profession will- do this Court the justice to say, has at all times been avoided ; however much it cut off an opportunity for a useless display of labor and learning.
The validity of the conveyance under which the defendants make…
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