Daugherty v. Taylor.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by H. P. Daugherty and wife against B. R. Taylor and wife, heard by Judge Henry B. Bryan and a jury, at the November Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of Chaven. From a judgment for the plaintiffs, the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
In 1810 the plaintiff, II. P. Daugherty, bought a tract of land containing 200 acres, built a house upon it and has lived there ever since. In 1878 this tract was sold under execution and was bought by George A. Richardson under an agreement to reconvey to said Daugherty whenever he repaid him. It does not appear whether the money or any part of it .has ever been repaid. In 1894 Richardson conveyed about 160 acres of this land to Elizabeth Daugherty, wife of H. P. Daugherty. Two years later Richardson executed a deed of gift of the remaining 40 acres to his daughter, the defendant, Beulah…
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