Nelson v. . Nelson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN tried before Calvert, J., at February Term,. 1918, of Lenoir, upon motion for judgment upon the pleadings.. The court rendered judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Plaintiff is the wife of defendant, living separate and apart from her husband, but not divorced. She sues to recover possession and control of her landed estate from the defendant, and to enjoin him from receiving the rents and profits or in any way interfering with her exclusive control of it.
The defendant admits he and his wife have separated, and that the property described in the complaint is the separate estate of the plaintiff. He avers that they were married in 1875 and separated in 1916, and that during that period he made valuable improvements upon his wife’s land, amounting to…
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