Aiken v. Lyon.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN by A. E. Aikin, J. P. Cask and wife, John Ilays and wife, B. J. Golev and wife, B. E. Aiken and J. E. Sanderford v. T. B. Lyon, beard by Judge Frederick Moore and a jury, at Spring Term, 1900, of GraNVILLE Superior Court. Tbe certificate of tbe Justice of tbe Peace is bere set out in full.
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Civil ActioN by A. E. Aikin, J. P. Cask and wife, John Ilays and wife, B. J. Golev and wife, B. E. Aiken and J. E. Sanderford v. T. B. Lyon, beard by Judge Frederick Moore and a jury, at Spring Term, 1900, of GraNVILLE Superior Court. Tbe certificate of tbe Justice of tbe Peace is bere set out in full. I, E. E. Lyon, Justice of tbe Peace for Granville County, State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that W. D. Vaughan and S. E. Vaughan bis wife, and B. E. Tingen and M. P. Tingen bis wife, personally appeared before me and acknowledged tbe within deed and for tbe purpose therein expressed,…
1Opinion of the CourtEurci-ies, J.
This is an action for possession of land, in which plaintiffs allege that they are tenants in common with defendant. The defendant denies taht plaintiffs are owners of any interest in said land, and pleads sole seisin. The plaintiffs are the heirs at law and assignees of the heirs at law of W. E. and Lydia J. Aiken, and claim that they are the owners of 150-218 of the land in controversy. They allege that the land was bought for $218, and that Lydia J. Aiken paid $150 of the purchase-money, but through ignorance or inadvertence tbe deed was made to ber husband, W. E. Aiken, and that tbe said…
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