Gibbs v. . Lyon
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, for the recovery of land, tried before MaoRae, Judge, and a jury, at Fall Term, 1886, of Davie Superior Court.
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Civil action, for the recovery of land, tried before MaoRae, Judge, and a jury, at Fall Term, 1886, of Davie Superior Court. The plaintiffs allege, that they are the owners in fee of the land described in the complaint, and that the tract of land formerly belonged to one Joel Lyon, now deceased, who was, upon his own petition, duly adjudged a bankrupt by the District Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina, and the reversionary interest in said lands sold by W. A. Clement, assignee of said bankrupt, on the 28th day of March, 1874, subject to the homestead…
1Opinion of the CourtMerrimON, J.
(after stating the facts). The Court’s opinion, intimated adversely to the appellant, seems to have been founded entirely upon the insufficiency of the evidence of title produced by him, accepting it as true, and not upon any defects inherent in it, rendering it incompetent. This must be so, because, so far as apj)ears, no objection was made to any deed put in evidence, upon the ground that it had not been properly proved, or was obnoxious to any other objection. If there had been grounds of objection, and the appellees intended to avail themselves of them, they should have done so, and this…
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