Tankard v. . Tankard
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PetitioN to rehear filed on the 5th of August, 1879, and heard at January Term, 1881, of The Supreme Court. This is a petition to rehear the decision of this court at June term, 1879, reported in 79 N. C., 54, in an action to recover the possession of land.
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PetitioN to rehear filed on the 5th of August, 1879, and heard at January Term, 1881, of The Supreme Court. This is a petition to rehear the decision of this court at June term, 1879, reported in 79 N. C., 54, in an action to recover the possession of land. The claim of title by the parties respectively, the issues submitted to the jury and findings thereon, and the judgment of the court from which the appeal was taken, are substantially as follows: Both sides claim under Ransom Tankard. The plaintiff claims under Oliver H. P. Tankard, and he by deed from one Cutler as trustee to wdiom Ransom…
1Opinion of the CourtDillard, J.
The affirmance in this court of the judgment in the court below was based, as will be seen on reference to the opinion in 79 N. C., 54, on two grounds; first, that some of the issues were badly constructed, and espe-ciacly the 7th one, wherein alternative inquiries were put to the jury, so that a single response thereto was without meaning; and secondly, and chiefly, for that the finding of a purchase by the plaintiff for value and without notice of the equity of Ransom Tankard, in answer to the 3rd issue, was a contradiction to the reply of plaintiff, wherein he admitted a possession by…
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