Pritchard v. Williams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by both, parties from Galvert, at November Term, 1920, of CaMDEN. This was an action in ejectment, in which the plaintiff recovered, 175 N. 0., 319. A petition was filed for betterments, and in the same case, 176 N. C., 108, the Court held (by Brown, J., for a unanimous Court) that the petitioner (the defendant) was entitled to recover the same. Upon rehearing, 178 N. C., 444, this judgment was reaffirmed.
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Appeal by both, parties from Galvert, at November Term, 1920, of CaMDEN. This was an action in ejectment, in which the plaintiff recovered, 175 N. 0., 319. A petition was filed for betterments, and in the same case, 176 N. C., 108, the Court held (by Brown, J., for a unanimous Court) that the petitioner (the defendant) was entitled to recover the same. Upon rehearing, 178 N. C., 444, this judgment was reaffirmed. This is an appeal from the verdict and judgment upon the issues submitted, the only points presented being exceptions to the charge on the third issue as to the value of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Plaintikf’s Appeal.
Claek, 0. J.
The court charged that the term “permanent improvements” includes “all improvements of a permanent nature, and which substantially enhanced the value of the property in controversy.” The court charged further (the property being a farm) that “putting up dwelling-house or tenant houses, barns and stables, and other out-buildings, and any substantial improvements which might be made to those buildings, the necessary ditching and necessary or proper fencing, the digging of a well or planting of orchards, and cutting the timber in the course of clearing for…
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