Meroney v. . Wright
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PROCEEDING, under the Landlord and Tenant Act, tried on appeal at Spring Term, 18-79-, of Rowan Superior Court, before Schenek, J. Upon the facts-set out in the opinion, the court below intimated that the plaintiff could not recover, and he thereupon took a nonsuit and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDillard, J.
This was a summary action in ejectment, . begun in a justice’s court on the first day of January, 1878, and appealed thence to the superior court.. On the trial in the superior court, the plaintiff proved by himself that he acquired the land in controversy in September, 1877, and that in a short time thereafter,the defendant, then in possession and claiming under one McEntvre, agreed to hold of him and pay him-dollars a year for rent, payable monthly, and rested his case. Thereupon His Honor intimated that the lease fead not expired before the suit was instituted, and there being no testimony…
2Cited by4 opinions
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- Dees v. . AppleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1935
- Meroney v. . WrightSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
- Simmons v. . JarmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898