Steadman v. Steadman
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN of ejectment by Sarah Steadman and others against W. R. Steadman and others, heard by Judge M. H. Justice and a jury, at the April Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of Rutherford. There was evidence offered showing: That Joseph Steadman died in Rutherford County in 1851, leaving a last will and testament, signed Joseph (X) Steadman, and witnessed by two subscribing witnesses.
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ActioN of ejectment by Sarah Steadman and others against W. R. Steadman and others, heard by Judge M. H. Justice and a jury, at the April Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of Rutherford. There was evidence offered showing: That Joseph Steadman died in Rutherford County in 1851, leaving a last will and testament, signed Joseph (X) Steadman, and witnessed by two subscribing witnesses. That Joseph Steadman left six children and heirs at law: Susannah and James A. Steadman, John, Sarah, Margaret, and Mary Steadman. That all the devisees mentioned in the will were dead at the time of the action…
1Opinion of the Court
DEFENDANTS’' APPEAL.
TIoee, J,
after stating tbe case: Tbe jury, by their verdict, having established that both plaintiffs and defendants claim tbe land in controversy under Joseph Steadman, tbe alleged testator, tbe defendants are, for tbe purposes of this action, estopped from questioning tbe title of tbe common grantor; and can, in any event, only claim tbe estate that may have come to them by reason of tbe deed from Mary Steadman, tbe devisee, or one of tbe heirs at law of her father, the said Joseph.
Defendants object to tbe validity of this trial, and assign for error:
1. That the Court…
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