Patterson v. . Wilson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This is a civil action, which was tried before Boykin, J., at February Term, 1888, of Mecklenburg Superior Court. The action was brought to recover a tract of land, the plaintiff claiming the same under a clause of the will of Wm. Patterson, in which he devises to her “ the plantation on which I now live,” and the feme defendant claiming the same under another clause of said will in which he devises to her his “ Reid plantation.”
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This is a civil action, which was tried before Boykin, J., at February Term, 1888, of Mecklenburg Superior Court. The action was brought to recover a tract of land, the plaintiff claiming the same under a clause of the will of Wm. Patterson, in which he devises to her “ the plantation on which I now live,” and the feme defendant claiming the same under another clause of said will in which he devises to her his “ Reid plantation.” There was evidence introduced by the plaintiff tending to show that the testator considered the locus in quo a part of the plantation on which he lived, and intended…
1Opinion of the CourtMerrimon, J.
The first and third exceptions rest upon the same ground, and are clearly not well founded. The appellant assigns as error that two witnesses produced by the appellees were allowed, the appellant objecting, to give evidence of facts tending to contradict and impeach two witnesses examined by her in respects and as to matters purely collateral to the issues submitted to the jury — the witnesses so contradicted not having been cautioned on their respective examinations that they would be contradicted in the respects mentioned. This might be error, but for that the witnesses so impeach ed were…
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