Hodges v. . Hodges
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil action, for the recovery of real property tried at (he August Term, 1889, of Mecklenburg Superior Court, before Connor. J.
1Opinion of the Court
Shepherd, J.:
It became material on the trial of this action to ascertain whether Mrs. M. A. Hodges was an infant when she executed the deed of July, 1862.
For the purpose of proving that she was under the age of twenty-one years at that time the plaintiff introduced D. C. Pharr, who testified that he had heard his mother say that the said M. A. Plodges was born in 1845. This was objected to, and the objection being overruled the defendant excepted.
The rule which admits such hearsay declarations is clearly defined by the authorities, and it is well settled that, as preliminary to their…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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