Haire v. Haire.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Special proceeding for dower by Lenore Haire against Owen L. Haire and others, heard by Judge G. S. Ferguson and a jury, at the December Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of ANSON. The plaintiff moved for judgment upon the admissions in the answer, which was granted, and from the judgment rendered, allotting dower, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
According to tbe answer of Daniel L. Smith, answering for himself and infant defendants, W. M. Haire and his first wife, Christian, on the 17th of March 1888, executed a deed in fee for the lands described in the petition for dower to Rosa Smith and Alpha A. Teal; that the grantor delivered said deed in the presence of his wife to the defendant Smith with the declaration that he should keep it; that the said Smith did keep it for the grantees until the death of the grantor; that grantor never knew that the deed was not recorded, and that it was Smith’s carelessness that it was not recorded…
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