Claremont College v. Riddle
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Cline, J., at October Term, 1913, of Catawba. Civil action, beard and determined by consent before bis Honor. On tbe hearing it appeared tbat, plaintiff having bargained a piece of real estate to defendant at tbe price of $1,400 and tendered a deed for same, defendant resisted recovery on tbe ground that tbe title offered is not a good one.
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Appeal by defendant from Cline, J., at October Term, 1913, of Catawba. Civil action, beard and determined by consent before bis Honor. On tbe hearing it appeared tbat, plaintiff having bargained a piece of real estate to defendant at tbe price of $1,400 and tendered a deed for same, defendant resisted recovery on tbe ground that tbe title offered is not a good one. On tbe issue presented, tbe pertinent facts and conclusions of law tbereon were declared and stated by tbe court as follows: “First. That in or about July, 1880, Jobn F. Murrill, J. G. Hall, A. M. Peeler, et als. filed articles of…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
We concur in his Honor’s view’that the title offered in this case is a good one, and that defendant must pay the contract price. As-we understand his position, it was objected for defendant: (1) That the original incorporation of Claremont Female College was defective in that the proposed charter was registered in the office of the register of deeds, and not before-the clerk, as required! by~T"he Code of 1883, sec. 618, and now iii~theoffice ofEecretary of State, Revisal 1905, sec. 1139.' So far as we can ascertain, at the time this incorporation was had or attempted,-in 1880, the law…
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