Pinnell v. Burroughs
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendants from Ferguson, J., at January Term, 1915, of Warren. Action to recover tbe possession of land, brought by W. A. J. Pinnell, Robert L. Pinnell,' and Lena Andrews, as children and heirs at law of Jackson Pinnell, against the defendants, who are the children of Lucy W. Pinnell, the widow of Jackson Pinnell, by her subsequent marriage with John H. Burroughs, who was her second husband.
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Appeal by defendants from Ferguson, J., at January Term, 1915, of Warren. Action to recover tbe possession of land, brought by W. A. J. Pinnell, Robert L. Pinnell,' and Lena Andrews, as children and heirs at law of Jackson Pinnell, against the defendants, who are the children of Lucy W. Pinnell, the widow of Jackson Pinnell, by her subsequent marriage with John H. Burroughs, who was her second husband. The land in dispute is that which was allotted to the widow of Jackson Pinnell, and plaintiffs alleged that at her death the defendants wrongfully took possession thereof. Plaintiffs further…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the facts: We are of the opinion that there was error in the ruling of the court. It may be conceded that there is no connection between Jackson Pinnell and Willis Lloyd, and in the view taken by us of the case it was not necessary that it should have been shown. The object of the defendants was not to prove that the heir's of Jackson Pinnell had lost the title, which it is alleged had descended to *318them, by a sale of the land under the decree of the court in the suit by the executor of Willis Lloyd, but to show that the plaintiffs in this action were parties, as…
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