Hilliard v. . Phillips
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action to recover Land, tried at Spring- Term, 1879, of Chatham Superior Courtpbefore Buxton, J. The plaintiffs claimed the laud in dispute as heirs at law of Ezekiel Hilliard, deceased, and showed title out of the state by a grant to one Charles Shearing, dated October 9th, 1783, and put in evidence a deed from Dennis Phillips to James Hilliard, dated August 22nd, 1835, and one from James Hilliard to their father Ezekiel Hilliard, dated December 2nd, 1841, conveying…
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Civil Action to recover Land, tried at Spring- Term, 1879, of Chatham Superior Courtpbefore Buxton, J. The plaintiffs claimed the laud in dispute as heirs at law of Ezekiel Hilliard, deceased, and showed title out of the state by a grant to one Charles Shearing, dated October 9th, 1783, and put in evidence a deed from Dennis Phillips to James Hilliard, dated August 22nd, 1835, and one from James Hilliard to their father Ezekiel Hilliard, dated December 2nd, 1841, conveying the same land. There was evidence that James Hilliard and family remained in possession after the execution of the deed…
1DissentSmith, C. J.
The plaintiffs claimed the land in dispute as heirs at law of Ezekiel Hilliard, deceased, and showed title out of the State by a grant to one Charles Shearing, dated 9 October, 1783, and put in evidence a deed from Dennis Phillips to James Hilliard, dated 22 August, 1835, and one from James Hilliard to their father, Ezekiel Hilliard, dated 2 December, 1841, conveying the same land. There was evidence that James Hilliard and family remained in possession after the execution of the deed to Ezekiel, with the consent of the latter and as his tenant, and that Ezekiel held his notes for rent of the…
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