Legal Opinion
Holton v. Jones.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided November 17, 1903PublishedCited by 7 opinions
ActioN by A. E. Holton' and others against P. L. Jones and others, heard by Judge W. B. Allen, at July Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Randolph County. From a judgment for the plaintiffs the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtConnou, J.
This is an action brought for the recovery of the land described in the complaint, and submitted to the Court upon an agreed state of facts. On the 15th April, 1884, Alfred Holton died seized of the land, having first executed his last will and testament, the second item of which is as follows :
“I give and devise unto Sarah Ann Allen, wife of H. B. Allen, and the heirs of her body, for the natural love I bear unto the said Sarah Ann Allen and her offspring and for services she has rendered unto me before and since her marriage, for the term of their natural lives, certain lands as follows:…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Den Ex Dem. Ferebee v. ProcterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1837
- Alexander v. . AlexanderSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1849
- Proctor v. . FerebeeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1840
- Lea v. . BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1857
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Faison v. . MiddletonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
- Foil v. Newsome.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Duckworth v. Jordan.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- BETTS BY AND THROUGH PARKER v. ParrishSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
- Howell v. . MeheganSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
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