Moody v. . Johnson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actiok to recover land, tried before Hoke, J., at Spring Term, 1892, of Madisok Superior Court. The plaintiff Reeves claimed title to an undivided one-lialf of the land under the will of Alexander Williams, and upon offering a certified copy thereof from the County Court of Greene of the State of Tennessee his Honor intimated that lie would hold it inadmissible in evidence, and the plaintiff Reeves thereupon suffered a nonsuit and appealed.
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Civil actiok to recover land, tried before Hoke, J., at Spring Term, 1892, of Madisok Superior Court. The plaintiff Reeves claimed title to an undivided one-lialf of the land under the will of Alexander Williams, and upon offering a certified copy thereof from the County Court of Greene of the State of Tennessee his Honor intimated that lie would hold it inadmissible in evidence, and the plaintiff Reeves thereupon suffered a nonsuit and appealed. The order of probate, claimed to be defective, is set out in the opinion of Associate Justice A very. ■
1Opinion of the Court
Avery, J.:
The plaintiff M. P. Reeves, who claimed one undivided half of the land in controversy, throu'gli the will of Alexander Williams, of Tennessee, has joined the heirs at law of Moody, as alleged co-tenants, holding the other undivided half, in bringing this action against the defendant, who offered a tax deed as color of title, and also testimony tending to show continuous adverse possession for twenty years before the action was brought. In deference to an intimation that the Court would hold the certified copy of said will incompetent as evidence to show the transmission of title to…
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