Hughes v. . Merritt
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actiost for the recovery ot possession of land, tried before ClariceT The following case agreed was sent, up : “ It is agreed that, on the 31st day of December, 1861, the defendant Erancis Merritt and one Harget executed a bond for $200, to J. S. Wilkins, and that on the 1st day of November, 1867, judgment- was rendered on the bond against the obligors Merritt and Harget for $269,90. That on the 8th of November, 1867, execution was issued, which came into the sheriff’s…
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Civil actiost for the recovery ot possession of land, tried before ClariceT The following case agreed was sent, up : “ It is agreed that, on the 31st day of December, 1861, the defendant Erancis Merritt and one Harget executed a bond for $200, to J. S. Wilkins, and that on the 1st day of November, 1867, judgment- was rendered on the bond against the obligors Merritt and Harget for $269,90. That on the 8th of November, 1867, execution was issued, which came into the sheriff’s hands January 30th, Í868; on the same day this execution was levied on the land and returned to Court., and a ven ex…
1Opinion of the CourtBoydekt, J.
This is a civil action brought by the plaintiff against Merritt and his wife Deborah, and submitted upon-a case agreed to his Honor below, Judge Clarke; and the only question in the cause is the claim on the part of the feme defendant to dower, under the act of March 2d, 1867, during the life of her husband. This suit was commenced in Decern her, 1871. It is sufficient, for the decision of this case, to state that the act of the 2d March, 1867, was repealed by the act of 1868-69. Rut even if the act was still in force, tlio case of Sutton v. Askew 66, N. C. R. 172, decides that the feme…
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