Thaxton v. . Williamson .
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a Motion, after notice, in a former Petition in Equity, to vacate a decree, heard by Tour gee, J., at Pall Term, 1873, of PERSON Superior Court. From the order made by bis Honor, upon bearing the motion, the defendants appealed. All the facts pertinent to the points decided, are fully set out in the opinion of Justice Settle.
1Opinion of the CourtSettle, J.
At the Fall Term, 1859, of the Court of Equity for Person county, a petition was filed by the widow and heirs at law of George W. Jeffreys, praying for the confirmation of a sale of the real estate of the said Jeffreys, which had previously been made to James E. Williamson, but which they could not complete without the intervention of a Court of Equity, in consequence of the death of Cornelia Thaxton, (the mother of the present plaintiffs, who were infants,) since the sale of the land, hut before the execution of a deed therefor. At the same term a decree was filed confirming said sale, and…
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