Williams v. Johnson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actiox, tried before Connor, J., and a jury, at April Term, 1892, of Wake Superior Court, the object being to set aside a judgment as fraudulent and to recover the land sold under execution issued thereon. The facts necessary to an understanding of the decision of the Court are sufficiently stated in the opinion of Associate Justice Buuwell. There was a verdict for plaintiffs, and from the judgment thereon defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Burwjsll, J.:
The lot of land in controversy in this action was owned at the time of his death, in 1851, by S. W. AVilliams, to whoso widow, Polly AVilliams, it was assigned as dower. She died in 1886. His heirs at law were his six children, three of whom, to-wit, W. Gaston AVilliams, Frank N. AVilliams and Mary J. Smith, are plaintiffs, each claiming one-sixth part of said lot. The children of a daughter, who died in 1878, and who was the wife of the plaintiff E. Jefferson Smith, are also plaintiffs and claim one-sixth part of said lot as heirs of their mother. The other two children of S.…
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