Dixon v. . Coke
Supreme Court of North Carolina
CONTROVERSY submitted without, action' under C. C; P. § 315, and heard at Spring Term, 1876, of Chowan Superior Court, before Eure, <71 Eacts agreed upon ; 1.’ Charles W. Skinner being indebted to Whedbee & Dickinson executed to the defendant Coke for their benefit a deed of trust, dated June 26th, 1875, conveying certain property as follows: “ 1800 bushels of Turk’s .Island salt, his entire fishing material, with all the additions to be made to it for use during the spring…
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CONTROVERSY submitted without, action' under C. C; P. § 315, and heard at Spring Term, 1876, of Chowan Superior Court, before Eure, <71 Eacts agreed upon ; 1.’ Charles W. Skinner being indebted to Whedbee & Dickinson executed to the defendant Coke for their benefit a deed of trust, dated June 26th, 1875, conveying certain property as follows: “ 1800 bushels of Turk’s .Island salt, his entire fishing material, with all the additions to be made to it for use during the spring of 1876, consisting of seine, rope, 3 bateaux, 11 capstands, 86 stands and all the vats, all of the said described…
1Opinion of the CourtRodman, J.
1. The deed to Coke of the 26th of June,. 1875, does not profess to convey any salt beyond what the grantor, Skinner, had at Long Beach at that date, which he; says was 1800 bushels. The plaintiff does not claim that- After this deed to Coke the grantor bought about 1600' bushels of salt which he stored in the same warehouse with what he had conveyed to Coke, but in such a way that the-two lots were distinguishable. . W'e have no occasion therefore to consider any questions, which might have arisen if' the two lots had been mingled indist-inguishably. On the-15th of May, 1876, Skinner…
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