Lamb v. Perry
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Justice, J., at the January Term, 1915, of PERQUIMANS. This action was brought to set aside two deeds for three tracts of land: (1) The B. F. Lamb Home Place, containing 30 acres. (2) The swamp land containing 210 acres, and (3) the pocosin land containing 110 acres. The deeds were made by the plaintiff to the defendants for one-fourth interest in the said lands, which plaintiff inherited from his father.
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Appeal by plaintiff from Justice, J., at the January Term, 1915, of PERQUIMANS. This action was brought to set aside two deeds for three tracts of land: (1) The B. F. Lamb Home Place, containing 30 acres. (2) The swamp land containing 210 acres, and (3) the pocosin land containing 110 acres. The deeds were made by the plaintiff to the defendants for one-fourth interest in the said lands, which plaintiff inherited from his father. It was alleged in the complaint that the deeds were void by reason (1) of the mental incapacity of the plaintiff, and (2) undue influence exerted by the defendants…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating tbe case: Tbe court having held tbat there was no evidence to sustain either cause of action, tbe one as to mental incapacity or tbe other as to undue influence, wbicb is another and milder name for fraud, we must apply tbe familiar rule in cases of nonsuit, and construe tbe evidence most favorably for tbe plaintiff, and every fact essential to tbe cause of action wbicb it tends to prove must be taken to be established, as tbe jury, if the case bad been submitted to them, might have found tbe facts to be as alleged by tbe plaintiff and contrary to tbe contention and…
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