Brinkley v. Brinkley.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Ellen J. Brinkley against J. II. Brinkley, N. W. Spruil and wife Mary C. Spruil, Hester Y.'Brinkley,A. J. Pierce and wife, Annie J. Bierce, and Luther Brinkley, by bis guardian, N. W. Spruil, heard by Judge T. A. McNeill and a jury, ait Eaill Term, 1900, oí the Superior Court of WASHINGTON County. From a judgment for the defendants, ■the plaintiff appealed.
1DissentClare, J.
The plaintiff alleges and testifies that in June, 1884, the defendant, J. H. Brinkley, promised her orally that if she would marry him he would convey to her one-half interest in the 'land in controversy as soon as the marriage had taken place, and relying upon such promise, she agreed to marry him. On 12th of July, 1884, the defendant, J. IT. Brinkley, conveyed the entire tract of land by war-rantee deed to his children by a former marriage — who are his codefendants in this action. Said land had been conveyed by their grandfather, to- their mother and himself. This deed of July, 1884, was…
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