Arrington v. . Arrington
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActjoN to recover possession of land, commenced in Wayne county and removed by consent to Nash, where it was heard at the November Term of the Superior Court, 1898, before Iiolce, J., and a jury. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Burwell, J.;
It appears from the pleadings and the “case on appeal” that there is little or no dispute between, the parties about the facts upon which each of them claims the land described in the’complaint.
In 1875 the plaintiff was the wife of the defendant. In 1880, in the State of Illinois, she was divorced from him a vinculo matrimonii. In July, 1891, she brought this action to recover the land ill controversy, of which the defendant had possession. It comprised two tracts, one containing one and one-half acres and the other three and one-half acres. On the first- tract the defendant had…
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