Graves v. . O'Connor

STACY, C. J., and CLARKSON, J., concurring in result. The plaintiff brought suit to recover a sum alleged to be due by the defendant for services rendered by the plaintiff's intestate on a contract for the sale of land.

On 21 December, 1908, C.H. Rexford and W. A. Rexford signed the following instrument under their seals:

21 December, 1908.

State of North Carolina — County of Buncombe.

Witnesseth: That for services rendered by S. T. Graves to C.H. Rexford and W. A. Rexford in the purchase of about forty thousand (40,000) acres of timber land lying in the counties of Jackson and Transylvania,…