Wolfenden v. . Commissioners

HOKE, J., concurring in result; CLARK, C.J., dissenting. The action was determined by his Honor upon the following statement of agreed facts:

1. That prior to 1 June, 1907, the plaintiff was the owner of a certain tract of land lying a Beaufort County, North Carolina, on 11 December, 1906, the said plaintiff sold said tract of land to one N.C. Hughes, Jr., in consideration of the sum of $25,000, and executed a deed to the said Hughes therefore. On 14 December, 1906, the said N.C. Hughes, Jr., executed notes or bonds unto the plaintiff, under seal, aggregating the sum of $25,000, representing…