Legal Opinion

Singleton v. . Cherry

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 17, 1915PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal by defendant from Ferguson, J., at February Term, 1914, of Beaufort. Civil action tried upon tbis issue: 1. Is tbe plaintiff tbe owner of a one-fonrtb interest in tbe land described in tbe complaint? Answer: “Yes.” From tbe judgment rendered, tbe defendant áppealed.

1Opinion of the CourtBeowN, J.

Tbis suit was instituted by tbe feme plaintiff against tbe defendants to recover an undivided one-fourtb interest in tbe borne place of Robert C. Cberry, wbo was tbe father of tbe defendants and. of tbe former busband of tbe feme plaintiff.

Tbe plaintiffs allege tbat tbe land belonged to Harriet C. Cberry or Cornelia H. Cberry, tbe wife of R. C. Cberry, and tbat upon ber death it descended to ber four sons as ber heirs at law, and tbat tbe interest of Alonzo Cberry, one of ber sons, passed by bis will to Mrs. Singleton, tbe wife of Alonzo Cberry, now deceased.

Mrs. Cornelia Cberry died…

2Cited by23 opinions

  1. Davis v. . BassSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
  2. Kelly Springfield Tire Co. v. LesterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  3. Butler v. ButlerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
  4. Carlisle v. . CarlisleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1945
  5. Ingram v. . EasleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1947

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