Grant v. . Edwards
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action to recover land, tried at Fail Term, 1881, of Northampton Superior Court, before Gilmer, J. The case was submitted to a jury who found a special verdict as follows : That in an action begun before a justice of the peace against the defendant, Ed wards, and in favor of one Spivey, to the use of the plaintiff, upon the defendant Edwards’bond, dated Nov. 1st,'1858, judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff on the 27th December, 1869, for $182.03 and costs;…
Read the full summary
Civil Action to recover land, tried at Fail Term, 1881, of Northampton Superior Court, before Gilmer, J. The case was submitted to a jury who found a special verdict as follows : That in an action begun before a justice of the peace against the defendant, Ed wards, and in favor of one Spivey, to the use of the plaintiff, upon the defendant Edwards’bond, dated Nov. 1st,'1858, judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff on the 27th December, 1869, for $182.03 and costs; that a transcript in due form of this judgment was docketed upon the judgment docket of the superior court of Northampton…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
On the trial the court permitted the defendant, subject to the plaintiff’s objection, to offer in evidence the proceedings had by the appraisers in setting apart the homestead of the defendant, and also evidence of the proclamation of the sheriff at the time of the sale; “that without knowing what the law was, he sold such right and title of the defendant in the land as he was entitled by law to sell;” that he had laid off the defendant’s homestead, and that it covered all the premises offered for sale. There was error in admitting the first evidence but none in admitting the latter.
The debt…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gheen v. . SummeySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
- Barrett v. . RichardsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1877
- Wyche v. . WycheSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
3Cited by9 opinions
- Keener v. . GoodsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1883
- Long v. . WalkerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
- Joyner v. Sugg.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Norwood v. . MarrowSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1838
- Grant v. . EdwardsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1883
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.