Legal Opinion

Morrison v. . McLauchlin

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1883PublishedCited by 5 opinions

EjectmeNT tried at Spring Term, 1882, of Richmond Superior Court, before Shipp, J. Plaintiffs appealed from the ruling of the judge in the court below.

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.

The’ plaintiffs derive title to the land in contest, described in their complaint, under a sale made for unpaid tases, and the deed executed on October 20th, 1880, ■ by the sheriff of Richmond county. The defendants are the heirs-at-law and devisees of one. A. D. McLauchlin (a former owner, who died in 1852), still living and the issue of others since deceased. The taxes for which the land was sold, were due for the years f874, ’75, ’76, ’77, on the land, and to a small extent on sundry articles of personal estate listed with it, amounting in the aggregate to $85.84.

Matilda McLauchlin, one of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hays v. . HuntSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
  2. Blackmer v. . PhillipsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1872
  3. State v. . LutzSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1871

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Stephens v. . ClarkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  2. Grantham v. . JinnetteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1919
  3. State v. TavennerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Rand v. Wilson CountySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1955
  5. Grantham v. . JinnetteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1919

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