Legal Opinion

Luton v. Badham.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 30, 1900Published

Civil ActioN by Margaret Luton, administratrix, against Hannibal Badbam, beard by Judge A. L. Coble, at Spring Term, 1900, of Chow aw Superior Court. Erom a judgment of nonsuit, tbe plaintiff appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtFurches, J.

Tbe plaintiff is tbe administratrix of Alexander Badham, her former husband, and tbe defendant is tbe father of her intestate. The plaintiff alleges that tbe defendant was tbe owner of a vacant lot in tbe town of Eden-ton, and upon the marriage of her intestate tbe defendant proposed to him that, if be would build upon and improve said vacant lot, it should be bis; that be would make him a fee-simple title to it; that upon this agreement her intestate entered upon said lot, and greatly improved tbe same, by erecting a dwelling and other out-houses thereon, which im*97provements greatly…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Pitt v. . MooreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
  2. Albea v. GriffinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1838
  3. Gulley v. . MacYSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
  4. Tucker v. . MarklandSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
  5. Hedgepeth v. . RoseSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886

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