Graves v. . Causey
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Shaw, J., at September Term, 1915, of GrUILFORD. Civil action to recover land. From the judgment rendered the plaintiffs and the defendant Causey appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBeowN, J.
Henry Lindsay, born a slave, owned the land in controversy. He died in 1880, leaving his sister, his only heir at law, from whom the land descended to plaintiffs. Following the death of Henry Lindsay, his widow, Henrietta, remained in actual possession of the property until the execution of the deed hereinafter mentioned. No dower was ever assigned or allotted to her. Some time prior to 1890 Henrietta Lindsay married David Johnson. On 29 January, 1890, Henrietta Undsay and her then husband, David Johnson, executed and delivered a fee-simple deed'to Kobert W. Causey for this land, reserving in…
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