Gorrell v. Alspaugh
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil, actioN, tried before Hoke, J., and a jury, at January, 1897, Special Term of Foesyth Superior Court. The facts appear in the opinion. In deference to the opinion of his Honor, the plaintiffs submitted to non-suit and appealed.
1DissentFukohbs, J.
On the 16th of October, 1879, the defendant, Alspaugh, as administrator of Norwood, sold the real estate in controversy at the price of $235, at which sale the plaintiffs allege that one Tise bid off the property for the defendant. Alspaugh. This property was a vacant lot in the city of Winston at the time of the sale. And it is alleged and not denied that Alspaugh took charge *370of the property, claiming it as his own, and soon after the sale erected thereon a brick store house, and that he continued to use, rent and control the property as his own until the 8th day of January, 1894; that on…
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