Ingram v. Corbit
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Lane, Jat March Term, 1919, of Güilfoed. In June, 1914, E. T. Corbit, deceased, executed a lease to plaintiff for one acre of land for ten years, and agreed to erect a slaughter-house and dig a well thereon. The plaintiff delivered to Corbit his note in the sum of $500, secured by the chattel mortgage, in payment of the ten years rental.
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Appeal by plaintiff from Lane, Jat March Term, 1919, of Güilfoed. In June, 1914, E. T. Corbit, deceased, executed a lease to plaintiff for one acre of land for ten years, and agreed to erect a slaughter-house and dig a well thereon. The plaintiff delivered to Corbit his note in the sum of $500, secured by the chattel mortgage, in payment of the ten years rental. It is alleged in the complaint and is admitted by the demurrer that pursuant to the contract Corbit enclosed an acre of land with a wire fence, erected the slaughter-house thereon, and dug the well; that plaintiff went into possession…
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
The contract, executed 15 June, 1914, by E. T. Corbit to Eli Ingram, specified that said Corbit “has this day leased to the party-of the second part about one acre of land for a term of ten year® as a place to butcher, on the following terms and conditions, to wit: The said party of the first pajff agrees to furnish $400 in cash towards, building a slaughter-house. It is mutually agreed and understood that the said party of the first part is to have all the manure, bones, offal, and refuse from said slaughter-house, and also to have access and the privilege of butchering his own hogs, cattle,…
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