Harrington v. Hatton.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PeoceediNG by W. H. Harrington against P. E. Hatton, administratrix, and others, heard by Judge IT. A. Hohe and a jury, at August “(Special) Term, 1901, of the Superior Court of Pitt County. From a judgment for the defendants, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtOlaeK, J.
The jury having found that the defendant J ames R. Davenport was a “purchaser for a valuable consideration and without knowledge of any fraud” on the part of E. N. Hatton, of the lands described in the petition, the Court properly refused judgment to compel the administratrix of E. N. Hatton to sell the land to make assets. Proviso to Code, sec. 1446; Paschal v. Harris, 74 N. C., 335; Heck v. Williams, 79 N. C., 437; Egerton v. Jones, 107 N. C., at page 290; McCaskill v. Graham, 121 N. C., 190. The reason is that in such case the purchaser has gotten a valid title to whatever interest the…
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