McCaskill v. . McCormac
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Tenant by the Curtesy — His Interest liable to Execution. ActioN or EJECTMENT, tried before Clark, J., at May Term, 1887, of the Superior Court of RobesoN County.
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Tenant by the Curtesy — His Interest liable to Execution. ActioN or EJECTMENT, tried before Clark, J., at May Term, 1887, of the Superior Court of RobesoN County. The plaintiff offered ’in evidence a judgment in favor of R. McCaskill, executor of Malcom Powell, against the defendant, an execution issued on such judgment, a levy on the lands described in the complaint, sale of the same by the Sheriff, and Sheriff’s deed (deeds) conveying said lands to plaintiff, as purchaser at said sale, and dated June 1st, 1885— one conveying all the lands of the said defendant, outside of his homestead, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Davis, J.,
(after stating the facts as above). The single, and only question before us, is as to whether his Honor was correct in refusing to give the charge asked for by the defendant.
It is insisted for the defendant, that under the Act of 1848 (Code, § 1840,) the sale made by the Sheriff, under which the plaintiff purchased, was void. Under the provisions of that Act, no real estate belonging to a married woman “ shall be subject to be sold or leased by the husband, for the term of his own life, or any l§ss term of years, except by and with the consent of the wife, first had and obtained, to…
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