Spruill v. Branning Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
AotioN by C. W. Spruill, as administrator of the estate of T. IT. Wilson, and Alice Wilson, against the Branning Manufacturing Company, heard by Judge O. PI. Allen and a jury, at November Term, 1901, of the Superior Court of Bbetie County. From a judgment for Alice Wilson, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtFurches, C. J.
In 1895, and before that time, Thaddeus Wilson and Alice Wilson, being husband and wife, were the owners of a tract of land in Bertie County, conveyed to them by deed. In the year 1895, the defendant committed a trespass on said land by entering upon the same, cutting and removing timber therefrom, and otherwise damaging said land. On the 12th of January, 1896, Thaddeus Wilson died intestate, and on the 16th of November, 1896, C. W. Spruill qualified as bis administrator. On tbe 7 th of February, 1898, said Spruill, as administrator, and tbe widow, Alice Wilson, coanmenced tbis action to…
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