Legal Opinion

Rawls v. . Roebuck

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 25, 1948PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is an action to restrain the defendants from selling certain lands under execution.

The essential facts are as follows:

1. The land now sought to be sold under execution was devised to C. C. Rawls and wife, Martha Magnolia Rawls, in 1918, by J. H. Rawls, in the following language: "This piece of property hereinafter described I loan to Crummel Cruesoe Rawls and his wife during their natural lives then to Crummel Cruesoe Rawls' lawful heirs described as follows," etc.

2. On 19 November, 1941, Shapleigh Hardware Company obtained a judgment in the Superior Court of Martin County against C. C.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Smith v. . SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
  2. Cotten v. . MoseleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
  3. Hartman v. . FlynnSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  4. Daniel v. . HarrisonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1918

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Edgerton v. HarrisonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
  2. Pilkington v. WestSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
  3. Ratley v. . OliverSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1948

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