Legal Opinion · Dissent

Smith v. Bruton.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided November 30, 1904PublishedCited by 10 opinions

ActioN by M. A. Smith against J. G. Bruton and others, heard by Judge O. H. Allen, at April Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of MONTGOMERY County. From a judgment for. the defendants the plaintiff appealed.

1DissentClark, C. J.

This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover possession of a tract of land of which she claims to be the owner. The defendants contest her claim on the grounds, first, that they and those under whom they claim have been in possession of the same for fifty years, and, second, that the plaintiff, before this suit was brought, had entered into an agreement with Adelaide Kron and Elizabeth Kron, who claimed title to the land, to enter into an arbitration to have (80) settled the title thereto; that the arbitration was had and an award made and returned to court, in which the title to the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Farthing v. . ShieldsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  2. Scott v. . BattleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
  3. Smith v. Ingram.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1902
  4. Green v. . BrantonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1830
  5. Levi v. . MarshaSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Elmore v. . ByrdSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1920
  2. Foster v. . WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1921
  3. Jackson v. BeardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
  4. Williams v. Hutton & Bourbonnais Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
  5. Clapp v. ClappSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954

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