Legal Opinion

Williams v. . Springs

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided August 5, 1847PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

We concur with his Honor in the court below, and for the reasons he assigns. Proof of the handwriting of the defendants, together with possession by the plaintiff, was evidence from which a jury might presume a delivery by the defendants in the absence of any proof to the contrary. Vanhook v. Barnett, 15 N.C. 268; Blume (386)v. Bowman, 24 N.C. 338. The latter case sustains the opinion of his Honor, that the circumstance of the three seals affixed, without any names before them, was not sufficient to rebut that presumption or to show that the defendants did not intend that the covenant should…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Devereux v. . McMahonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1891
  2. Vanhook Ex Rel. Newbern Bank v. BarnettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1833
  3. Blume v. . BowmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1842
  4. Gardner v. . KingSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1842

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Herndon v. Imperial Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1892

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