Holden v. . Strickland
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotioN, heard before Shuford, J., at April Term, 1893, of FRANicliN Superior Court. There was judgment for the plaintiff and defendants appealed. The facts appear in the opinion of Associate Justice Furohes.
1Opinion of the Court
Furohes, J.:
It appears that Richard Holden, Sr., father of the plaintiff and of the feme defendant, was the owner of a considerable body of land, but was in debt, upon which .judgments had been recovered against him for more than $1,600, and in March, 1872, the Sheriff of Franklin County sold said land under execution, then in his hands issuing on the judgments. At the sale these lands were bid off by Richard Holden, Jr., at the price of $1,629.00, an amount sufficient to satisfy the judgments. Young Holden did not have the money to make this purchase, but bid them off under an arrangement…
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