Hall v. . Turner
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil action, tried before Winston, J, at August Term, 1891, of Orange Superior Court. The plaintiffs, the administrator, widow and heirs at law of Lambert Hall, allege that the said Lambert Hall and Evans Turner on the 13th of March, 1873, entered into the following agreement, to-wit: “Articles of agreement made and entered into, this the 13th day of March, 1873, between L. W. Hall of the county of Orange and State of North Carolina, of the one part, and Evans…
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This was a civil action, tried before Winston, J, at August Term, 1891, of Orange Superior Court. The plaintiffs, the administrator, widow and heirs at law of Lambert Hall, allege that the said Lambert Hall and Evans Turner on the 13th of March, 1873, entered into the following agreement, to-wit: “Articles of agreement made and entered into, this the 13th day of March, 1873, between L. W. Hall of the county of Orange and State of North Carolina, of the one part, and Evans Turner of the county and State aforesaid, of the other part, witnesseth, that the said L. W. Hall agrees and consents for…
1Opinion of the CourtShepherd, J.
after stating the case, proceeded: After a careful consideration of the charge of his Honor in reference to the height of the dam, we are of the opinion that, in view of the testimony, there was no error, and that the exception of the plaintiff in this particular must be overruled.
The other points presented in the record are not so clear, and we approach their consideration with no little doubt and solicitude. The plaintiffs insist that the right of the defendants to maintain the dam and overflow the plaintiffs’ land, determined at the death of the defendants’ ancestor, Evans Turner; but if…
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