Graves v. . Howard
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Ferguson, Jat November Term, 1911, of "WlLSON. This is a controversy between W. W. Graves, the purchaser under a second mortgage executed by J. B. Stickney, and the owner of the first mortgage, heard upon the following agreed facts: 1. That on 4 January, 1900, J. B. Stickney and his wife, Martha H. Stickney, executed and delivered unto Mrs. M. P. Morgan of the State of Alabama, and the sister of J. B. Stick-ney, a mortgage deed upon certain lands…
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Appeal by defendant from Ferguson, Jat November Term, 1911, of "WlLSON. This is a controversy between W. W. Graves, the purchaser under a second mortgage executed by J. B. Stickney, and the owner of the first mortgage, heard upon the following agreed facts: 1. That on 4 January, 1900, J. B. Stickney and his wife, Martha H. Stickney, executed and delivered unto Mrs. M. P. Morgan of the State of Alabama, and the sister of J. B. Stick-ney, a mortgage deed upon certain lands lying and being in tbe town of Wilson, county of Wilson, North Carolina, containing two acres, and being tbe residence of…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The learned counsel for the defendant referred us to the decisions of the highest courts of Indiana, New Jersey, Louisiana, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, holding that the statute of limitations does not run in' favor of the., husband against á claim owned by his wife, to which we have given careful and respectful consideration.
The cases from these courts rest upon the principle of the common law, that the wife cannot maintain an action against her husband, because of the unity of the person, o’r upon the ground that the removal of the common-law disability by statute generally does not confer…
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