Hampton v. Griggs
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Bond, J., at April Term, 1922, of Oueeitucx. Controversy without action, submitted on an agreed statement of facts. Plaintiff, being under contract to convey certain lands to the defend-_ ant, executed and tendered a deed therefor and demanded payment of the purchase price, as agreed. The defendant declined to accept the deed and refused to make payment, claiming that the title offered was defective.
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Appeal by defendant from Bond, J., at April Term, 1922, of Oueeitucx. Controversy without action, submitted on an agreed statement of facts. Plaintiff, being under contract to convey certain lands to the defend-_ ant, executed and tendered a deed therefor and demanded payment of the purchase price, as agreed. The defendant declined to accept the deed and refused to make payment, claiming that the title offered was defective. Upon the facts agreed,- the court, being of opinion that the deed tendered would convey a good title, gave judgment_for the plaintiff; whereupon the defendant excepted…
1Opinion of the CourtStacy, J.
The plaintiff derives title to the lands in question by devise from Jiis father, John T. Hampton, and, on the facts agreed, the title offered was properly made to depend upon the construction of the following items in the will of John T. Hampton:
“Item Five: I lend unto my son Nathaniel Pierce Hampton the farm whereon he now lives, lying at the north end of Churches Island, also Piney Island land, and my right in Cedar Island, and also my right in the marshes, all of the above named lands and marshes I lend at my death, and also lend all of my lands at the death of my wife, Nancy, and I also…
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