Sykes v. Boone.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by W. R. Sykes against Bessie Boone and W. H. Britton, heard by Judge George H. Brown and a jury, at February Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of NORTHAMPTON County. From a judgment for the defendants, the plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The plaintiff in this action sues for the recovery of real property. The defendant denies his right to recover the possession of the same and pleads a counterclaim, in which she alleges that she applied to Mr. B. B. Winborne, the agent of Miss Vaughan, who' was the owner of the tract of land described in the complaint, for the purchase of said land, and Winborne agreed to give her an option to buy the land before he sold it to- any one else.
On the 14th October, 1899, the plaintiff applied to Win-borne for the purchase of the land and Winborne agreed to sell it to him at the price of…
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