Legal Opinion · Dissent

Smith v. Ingram.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 25, 1902Published

ActioN by Christian. Smith against H. C. Ingram and others, heard by Judge A. L. Goble, at September Term, 1901, of the Superior Court-of MoNtgomeey County. Erom a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendants appealed.

1DissentClark, J.

In 1878 the plaintiff (now a feme sole), being then a married woman, residing in South Carolina, united with her husband in the conveyance of the land in question, which has since become valuable, the town of Star bejng built thereon. She now seeks to recover the land. The deed was executed to one Hursey, his heirs and assigns, and contains a covenant of warranty of title to said Hursey, who has since conveyed by deed with warranty to these defendants and others who have improved the property which was stated on the argument to be now worth some $40,000.

The deed by plaintiff and husband…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Trustees of Columbia College v. LynchNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  2. Miller v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
  3. Armstrong, Cator & Co. v. BestSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
  4. Robinson v. QueenTennessee Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Hagar v. BuckSupreme Court of Vermont · 1872

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