Wright v. . Westbrook
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Controversy submitted without action and heard before Mclver, J., at April Term, 1897, of New HaNOVER Superior Com’t. The facts appear in the opinion. His Honor held that the plaintiffs could convey a good title, to the land for the purchase of which the note sued on was given and gave judgment accordingly from which defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Faircloth, C. J.:
This is a controversy without action submitted under The Code, Sec. 567. The plaintiff, W. A. Wright, owmed the land in fee simple and executed a deed to his intended wife who afterwards intermarried with him. Both are still alive and have contracted to sell said land to the defendant, and the question is, can they make the defendant an indefeasible title? The deed, regular in all respects, conveys the land to the said “Louisa G. Holmes (now the feme plaintiff and wife of said Wright) for the term of her natural life, with full power of disposing of the same, his permission…
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