Wellons v. . Jordan
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action to recover' land tried at Spring' Term, 1879,. of JohNSton Superior Court,, before McKoy, J. This action is for the recovery of land in- possession of the- defendant, who denies the- plaintiff’s right and asserts title in himself.
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Civil Action to recover' land tried at Spring' Term, 1879,. of JohNSton Superior Court,, before McKoy, J. This action is for the recovery of land in- possession of the- defendant, who denies the- plaintiff’s right and asserts title in himself. The cause was-referred to E-. W. Pou, who made three successive reports, two of which were set aside- and to the-last at spring term', 1879, the defendant put in-several exceptions. 1. For uncertainty in the finding in regard to the support furnished by the devisee, Harry, toll is father and mother. 2. For the failure of the- referee to-find that such…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, 0. J.
The solution of the controversy mainly depends upon the construction of the following clause in the will of Shadrack Ingram, who died in 1829;
“ I lend unto m-y grandson Henry (Harry) Ingram., two-tracts of land containing one-hundred acres.each, lying ou-tlie-south-side of Hannah’s creek, being, on the road and. on the head of Meadow branch, joining M. Vinson, M.. Allen and Hardy Lee’s land, and one hundred acres below the spring, branch, joining William Allen’s land on the-south-side of the creek, on said- creek between-the Watery branch and Meadow branch, joining Wm. Lee, Hardy…
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