Legal Opinion

Weeks v. Wilkins.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 3, 1905PublishedCited by 14 opinions

ActioN by Samson Weeks against J. T. Wilkins and others, heard by Judge O. II. Allen upon an agreed state of facts, at the May Term, 1905, of .the Superior Court of Sampson County. From a judgment awarding the plaintiff four-eighths of the land, the defendants appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtBnowN, J.

This case was before the court at Spring Term, 1904, and is reported in 134 N. C., at page 517. The facts are fully stated-in tbe ojnnion of Mr. Justice Con-nor. It is a matter of surprise that the interesting question of estoppel discussed upon this hearing should not have been presented upon the former hearing. It is decisive of the caso and bars á recovery by plaintiff of any part of the land conveyed in the deed from Esther Weeks and seven of her children, on June 1, 1863, to Brittain A. Edwards. The deed was never signed or executed by Betsy Ann Naynor, the remaining child, nor was the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Van Renesselaer v. KearneySupreme Court of the United States · 1851
  2. Hallyburton v. Slagle.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
  3. Smith v. WilliamsMichigan Supreme Court · 1880
  4. Case v. GreenMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Hassell v. . WalkerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1858

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Woody v. . CatesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1938
  2. DIXIELAND REALTY COMPANY v. WysorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
  3. Crawley v. . StearnsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  4. Hill v. . HillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1918
  5. Baker v. . AustinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1917

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