Legal Opinion

Anderson v. . Rainey

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1888PublishedCited by 16 opinions

This is an appeal by the plaintiff', from the refusal of Gil-mer, J., to grant a motion made at Chambers, on the 30th of July, 1887, to continue an injunction, restraining the sale of the land mentioned in the pleadings until the .final hearing of the cause, and also upon exceptions (reserved) to the rulings of Boykin, J., previously made in the cause, which is pending in the Superior Court of Rockingham.

1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.

The relief demanded by the plaintiff is of an •equitable nature, and it is necessary to a clearer understanding of the questions involved, to give a condensed statement of the material facts set out in the voluminous record sent to this Court.

On the 2d day of July, 1873, John G. Rainey and Tabitha, his wife, contracted with the plaintiff to convey to him in fee, with covenants of warranty, a tract of land in Rocking-ham County, known as the “Hobson tract,” the boundaries of which, with courses and distances, are given, containing eight hundred and ninety three acres,, more or less, at the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Phillips Walsh v. . Rufus D. HallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1872
  2. Tuttle v. . HarrillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
  3. Yates v. . YatesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
  4. Wilson v. Western North Carolina Land Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1877
  5. Wilcoxon v. . CallowaySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1872

3Cited by16 opinions

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  2. Calloway v. WyattSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
  3. Colt v. . KimballSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  4. Ludwick v. . PennySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
  5. Woodbury v. . EvansSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898

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