Webb v. Cummings.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PjbtitioN by W. G. Webb, administrator of estate of Staton Cummings, against Anne Cummings and others, for a sale of lands for assets, heard by Judge U. R. Slarbuclc and a jury, at April Term, 1900, of Edgecombe Superior Court. Erom judgment fox defendants, petitioner appealed.'
1Opinion of the CourtFaircloth, C. J.
The plaintiff files a petition against the • widow and children to sell, for assets, a tract of land which he alleges belonged to his' intestate, Staton Cummings, containing 430 -acres. The tract is irregular in shape, and is described by well-defined lines, with courses and distances. The widow in her answer alleges that she is the owner of 200 acres of said land by virtue of a deed made to her by her husband for a valuable consideration. Tbe only question is whether the description in her deed is definite enough to convey the title to said 200 acres. The descriptive language is this: “A…
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