McEwan v. Brown
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This is an appeal by plaintiffs from Connor, sustaining a demurrer ore tenus to the complaint, April Term, 1918, of Beaufobt.
1Opinion of the CourtClabk, C. J.
The plaintiffs are the sister and nephew and only heirs at law and next of kin of Sylvester Brown, who died in an insane asylum in Virginia, where he had been confined for several years. He died unmarried and without issue, 25 December, 1915, seized of real and personal property in Beaufort County. The administrator, who qualified in Beaufort, holds said personal estate for distribution upon determination of this action. The plaintiffs, as heirs at law, have divided the land by deed, duly registered.
On 20 January, 1916, the defendant S. D. Brown, a nonresident of this State, filed in the…
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