Simpson v. . Wallace
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Special Proceeding for partition of land commenced in the probate court of Mecklenburg, and heard on appeal at 'Chambers, on the 28th of January, 1880, before Schench, J. The plaintiffs, petitioners, appealed from the ruling of the court below.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The three tracts of land described in the application for an order of- partition are alleged to'be held by the plaintiffs and the defendant, Viola, as tenants in common, to one of which thejother defendant, Mary, also sets up a claim.
The first mentioned tract, or “Rock-house Place,” was set apart to Wilson Wallace, their father, under proceedings in bankruptcy, as his homestead, and retains its exemption from liability for his debts, until the said Viola, his only minor child, attains the age of twenty-one years.
The second tract was devised by Nehemiah A. Harrison to his daughter Caroline,…
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