Aydlett v. . Pendleton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civic ACTION, tried before Graves, /., at Fall Term, 181K>, of PasquotaNK Superior Court. From a judgment for the defendant ihe plaintiff appealed. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of Associate •Justice BumvicLn.
1Opinion of the Court
Bujíwelu, J.:
In this action to recover possession of land the defendant A. L. Pendleton, Jr.; alleges in his answer that he holds the premises as assignee of a lease thereof made' by A. L. Pendleton, Sr., and his wife, Jane R. Pendle-ton, in 1878, to one Kramer; and lie avers that the plaintiff is the owner of an estate in said land for the life of Mrs. Jaue R. Pendleton, who is. now living, but he insists' that, notwithstanding plaintiff’s title, he should not be required to surrender possession to him, for the reason that the lease mentioned above has not been determined. That lease was…
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