Haddock v. Stocks
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiffs from Daniels, J., at January Term, 1914, of Pitt. Special proceeding for partition of the lands of Martha Louisa Cox, tried in the Superior Court upon these issues. 1. "Was Henry Haddock, the father of the defendant Nonie Stocks, born out of lawful wedlock? Answer: No. 2. If so, did Martha Louisa Cox, the testatrix, in her lifetime, acknowledge and recognize Henry Haddock as the son of William Haddock, and did she recognize and treat him as her kinsman,…
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Appeal by plaintiffs from Daniels, J., at January Term, 1914, of Pitt. Special proceeding for partition of the lands of Martha Louisa Cox, tried in the Superior Court upon these issues. 1. "Was Henry Haddock, the father of the defendant Nonie Stocks, born out of lawful wedlock? Answer: No. 2. If so, did Martha Louisa Cox, the testatrix, in her lifetime, acknowledge and recognize Henry Haddock as the son of William Haddock, and did she recognize and treat him as her kinsman, and acknowledge the relationship as his aunt and he her nephew ? Answer:_ His Honor rendered judgment “that Henry…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The defendants move to dismiss the appeal because the appellants have failed to comply with the'well settled rules of this Court governing the assignments of error.
We think the objection to the assignments of error, except to the first four, well taken. The remaining assignments do not appear to be even an attempted compliance with the rules of this Court. They do not undertake to point out in any manner the substance of the ruling assigned as error. As a sample, we quote No. 22: “Plaintiffs rely on twenty-seventh exception, as it is contrary to law.” We have said repeatedly that assignments…
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