Worth v. . Simmons
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actiox, tried before Norwood, J., and a jury at Spring Term, 1896, of Sunny Superior Court. At the close of the testimony (which is summarized in the opinion of the Court) his Honor intimated that the plaintiff could not recover and thereupon the plaintiff submitted to non-suit and appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Furches, J.:
In 1795 and 1796 one Gotlieb Shober took out grants from the State covering over 40,000 acres of land lying in Surry County. Soon thereafter he sold and conveyed this land to Timothy Pickering. In the year 1813, one Wright sold the same for taxes and one James McCraw (became the purchaser, and Wright, as Sheriff, made him a deed therefor. Between 1813 and 1836, McCraw sold and conveyed many small tracts contained within the boundary of the deed from Wright, Sheriff, to him. The said McCraw died intestate in 1836 leaving him surviving William Mc-Craw, Nancy Boyer, wife of Stephen…
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