Legal Opinion

Brown v. Hamilton.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided April 12, 1904PublishedCited by 8 opinions

AotioN by Thomas Brown and others against IT. D. Hamilton and others, heard by Judge W. B. Allen, at December Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of RaNdolph County. Erom a judgment for the plaintiffs, the defendants appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

Clare, O. J.

The testator devised to the defendant, his daughter, “all that tract or parcel of land which lies south of the line beginning at the northeast corner of K. L. Winningham’s land and running thence east to the Wiley Cox line, containing, by estimation, 200 acres.” In his will he divided and devised the rest of his land, marking it out by boundaries in the same way, to his other .three children. The will was executed May 14, 1897, at which time the testator owned three contiguous tracts south of said line, aggregating about 250 acres. On September 9, 1898, the testator acquired 66%…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cox v. . CoxSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
  2. Hines v. . MercerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
  3. Champion Ex ParteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1853
  4. Lyon v. . LyonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1887

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Gordon v. . EhringhausSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  2. Ferguson v. . FergusonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1945
  3. Harper v. . HarperSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
  4. Holmes v. . YorkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1932
  5. Coon v. CoonIndiana Supreme Court · 1918

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