Hodges v. . Spicer
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action to recover Land tried at Spring Term, 1877, of Onslow Superior Court, before Seymour, J. The material facts are embodied in the opinion of this Court. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of defendants, and His Honor upon a question of law.reserved gave judgment for the plaintiff and the defendants appealed.
1Opinion
In the previous case between the same parties decided at this term upon the defendants' appeal, the main question involved in the action was disposed of, and it was there held that John F. Spicer under the deed of 1865 retained a life estate in the one-half of the land in dispute, and that for the purpose of this (229) action that deed was to be considered as having been executed as of the date of the lost deed, for which it was intended to be a substitute. The inquiry for the jury was therefore properly directed to the value of the grantor's estate retained at the date of the execution of…
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- Den on Demise of Ward v. SaundersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1846
- Savage v. . LeeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
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