Legal Opinion

Springs v. Scott

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 5, 1903PublishedCited by 52 opinions

ActioN by E. B. Springs and others against J. M. Scott and others, heard by Judge Thomas J. Shaw, at March Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Mecelenbubg County. From a judgment overruling the demurrer, the defendants appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtConnor, J.

This is a special proceeding instituted in the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County for the purpose of obtaining an order for the sale of the land described in the petition for partition. The plaintiff and the feme defendant are the children and devisees of Julia Springs, deceased— the plaintiff, E. B. Springs, appearing in his own behalf and as trustee of Alva 0. Springs. The petitioners aver that- they together with the feme defendant are seized as tenants in common of a lot in the city of Charlotte under the provisions of Item 5 of the will of their mother, the late Julia B. Springs, which…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Kent v. . Church of St. MichaelNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  2. Blagge v. MilesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1841
  3. Gavin v. CurtinIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Mead v. . MitchellNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
  5. Whitesides v. . CooperSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Bailey v. StateSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1998
  2. Reynolds Ex Rel. Cannon v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1935
  3. Jones v. . WhichardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
  4. Card v. Finch.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  5. Anderson v. WilkinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1906

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