Davis v. . Inscoe
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action to recover land tried at Spring Term, 1880, of FRANKLIN Superior Court, before Seymour, J. A jury trial being waived, the judge found the facts as follows: Dr. Thomas Davis of Franklin county died in 1862, leaving a last will and testament by which he directed his land to be sold by his executors, N. B. Massenburg and John C. Davis, who were appointed by him executors of his will.
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Civil Action to recover land tried at Spring Term, 1880, of FRANKLIN Superior Court, before Seymour, J. A jury trial being waived, the judge found the facts as follows: Dr. Thomas Davis of Franklin county died in 1862, leaving a last will and testament by which he directed his land to be sold by his executors, N. B. Massenburg and John C. Davis, who were appointed by him executors of his will. Massenburg alone qualified, and Davis renounced on the 22d day of January, 1863. Massenburg, as executor, sold the land in controversy and A. H. A. Stallings became the purchaser at five dollars and…
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A jury trial being waived, the judge found the facts as follows: Dr. Thomas Davis of Franklin county died in 1862, leaving a last will and testament by which he directed his land to be sold by his executors, N. B. Massenburg and John C. Davis, who were appointed by him executors of his will. Massenburg alone qualified, and Davis renounced on the 22d day of January, 1863. Massenburg, as executor, sold the land in controversy and A. H. A. Stallings became the purchaser at five dollars and fifty cents per acre, and on the same day executed a bond for the purchase money with two sureties who were…
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