Harrington v. . Grimes
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Chatham by defendants, from Brctgaw, J. On tbe bearing it appeared that plaintiff, having contracted to sell defendant a certain tract of land for tbe sum of $2,500, said defendant declined to carry out tbe agreement, alleging that tbe title offered was defective.
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Appeal from Chatham by defendants, from Brctgaw, J. On tbe bearing it appeared that plaintiff, having contracted to sell defendant a certain tract of land for tbe sum of $2,500, said defendant declined to carry out tbe agreement, alleging that tbe title offered was defective. Tbe plaintiff held tbe land by deed from T. T. Buckner and wife, N. J. Buckner, and N. T. Buckner bad acquired tbe same under a deed from Willis Byrd and wife to said N. J. Buckner; this deed being in terms as follows: “This deed, made tbis tbe 22d day of June, 1904, by Willis Byrd and wife, Lucy Byrd, of Obatbam County…
1Opinion of the Court
Hoke, J.,
after stating the case: Under the old law, the deed in question would have conveyed to N. J. Buckner an estate in fee tail, converted by our statute into a fee simple (Revisal, sec. 1578), and his Honor correctly ruled that plaintiff could make a good title. Decisions in support of this construction of the deed will be found in Perrett v. Bird, 152 N. C., 220; Sessoms v. Sessoms, 144 N. C., 121; Jones v. Ragsdale, 141 N. C., 200; Whitfield v. Garris, 134 N. C., 24, and many others could be cited. The well considered cases of Acker v. Pridgen, 158 N. C., 337, and Puckett v. Morgan,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Whitfield v. Garris.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Puckett v. . MorganSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
- Sessoms v. . SessomsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
- Perrett v. . BirdSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
- Acker v. . PridgenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
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