Legal Opinion

Fry v. . Currie

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 5, 1884PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Ejectment tried at Pall Term, 1883, of Moore Superior Court, before McKoy, J. Defendants appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.

The plaintiff claims the land described in his complaint under a grant from the state issued for 100 acres to Thomas Bryant on November 30th, 1820, and successive conveyances from him and others, terminating in a deed made by the sheriff of Moore in the year 1841 to the plaintiff, pursuant to a sale under execution against the heirs at law of John Ray, the last bargainee in the series.

The defendant objected to the introduction of this deed as evidence, which objection has since been waived, to the sufficiency of its description of the land and to the efficacy of the judicial proceedings which…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Matthews v. . JoyceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
  2. Mason v. . McCormickSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. McKinnon v. . MorrisonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
  2. Yow v. Hamilton.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
  3. Pleasants v. Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
  4. Deming v. . GaineySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
  5. Halstead v. . MullenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1885

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