Den on Demise of Halcombe v. Ray
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an action of Ejectment, tried at the Fall Term, 1840, ofYancy Superior Court, b.efore his honor Judge Bailey. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff and judgment was rendered thereon, from which the defendant appealed to the Supreme Court. The facts of the case are stated by the court in delivering their opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Chief Justice.
Robert P. Tredway purchased the premises in controversy from one Bailey, and took a conveyance in fee, on the 25th of September, 1835; and both of the parties to this suit claim under Tredway. The price he was to give Bailey was $1000; of which $500 was secured by Tredway’s own bond, and the other $500 by the bond of Tredway and the defendant, Ray, as his surety. At the time Ray executed the bonds, it was understood between those three persons, that Ray was to be indemnified from Joss by a conveyance of the land as a counter-security; and he and Tredway requested Bailey…
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