W. M. Sanders v. John Earp.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Tbis was a CONTROVERSY, submitted without action, and heard by his Honor, Judge James D. McToer, at Chambers, in Lillington, N. C., February 19, 1896, at the request and by the consent .of both parties to the controversy ; and from the judgment therein rendered by the judge the plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Tbis was a CONTROVERSY, submitted without action, and heard by his Honor, Judge James D. McToer, at Chambers, in Lillington, N. C., February 19, 1896, at the request and by the consent .of both parties to the controversy ; and from the judgment therein rendered by the judge the plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court. The submission of the controversy and the judgment rendered are as follows, to-wit: “ W. M. Sanders and John E. Earp, being parties to a question in difference, which might be the subject of a civil action, present a submission of the same to the court for its decision, as…
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