Legal Opinion
University of North Carolina v. City of High Point
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided November 23, 1932PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStacy, C. J.
It is alleged that the plaintiff is the owner by escheat of the locus in quo~, that the defendant is wrongfully in possession thereof, and this is admitted by the demurrer.
True, the validity of plaintiff’s title is, in part, made to depend upon the construction of a clause in the will of George 0. Mendenhall.
That a fee-simple was devised to the commissioners of the corporation of Jamestown, unencumbered by a trust or condition subsequent, such as to work a reversion of the title, would seem to follow from what was said in TucKer v. Smith, 199 N. C., 502, 154 S. E., 826, Hall v. Quinn, 190 N.…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Hamilton v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Town of Montpelier v. Town of East MontpelierSupreme Court of Vermont · 1856
- Keith v. . ScalesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State Ex Rel. East Lenoir Sanitary District v. City of LenoirSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
- McMillan v. Robeson CountySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1964
- Ange v. AngeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952
- Lassiter v. . JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939
- Williams v. . ThompsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939
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