Legal Opinion

Blake v. . Shields

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 6, 1916PublishedCited by 6 opinions

PetitioN for partition, instituted before tbe clerk of tbe Superior Court of MontgomeRy County, transferred upon tbe coming in of tbe answer to tbe Superior Court for trial in term-time, and tried at April Term, 1916, before Long, J. From tbe judgment rendered, plaintiffs appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

BeowN, J".

Tbe single question presented in tbis case is whether Mary C. Blake took an estate in fee in tbe lands in controversy under a deed executed by Anderson Green, dated 14 February, 1883; if so, tbe judgment of tbe Superior Court, it is admitted, must be affirmed. The conveying clause of tbe deed reads as follows: “Has bargained, given, granted, sold, and conveyed to tbe aforesaid Mary C. Blake and to tbe heirs of her own body, and by these presents do give, grant, sell, and convey to her and her heirs forever, it being expressly understood that tbe hereinafter described premises are to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. Ragsdale.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  2. Harrington v. . GrimesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Whitley v. ArensonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
  2. Welch v. . GibsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  3. Hartman v. . FlynnSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  4. Tremblay v. AycockSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
  5. Whitley v. . ArensonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941

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