Harrington v. Rawls.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by W. H. Harrington and others against M. O. Rawls and others, beard by Judge Frederick Moore, at November Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Pitt County. Erom a judgment for the plaintiffs the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
The deed of partition, by mutual deeds, wherein the other party conveyed in severalty to J. A. Bri-ley and Elsie Briley one part of the tract in which Elsie Briley was a tenant in common carried no title, but was simply a severance of the unity of possession. Harrison v. Ray, 108 N. C., 215, 11 L. R. A., 722, 23 Am. St. Rep., 57. Hence J. A. Briley acquired no title, and not holding by entireties with his wife, upon her death his sole interest in the land is a life estate as tenant by the curtesy. This was decided upon, the first appeal, Harrington v. Rawls, 131 N. C., 39, and was not open…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Mebane v. . MebaneSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
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