Robeson v. . Moore
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Ferguson, J., at December Term, 1914, of Martin. Controversy submitted without action.' On the bearing it appeared that plaintiffs, having contracted to sell and convey to defendant a certain piece of land at a stated price, defendant refused to comply with the contract, claiming that rthe title offered was defective.
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Appeal by defendant from Ferguson, J., at December Term, 1914, of Martin. Controversy submitted without action.' On the bearing it appeared that plaintiffs, having contracted to sell and convey to defendant a certain piece of land at a stated price, defendant refused to comply with the contract, claiming that rthe title offered was defective. On the facts agreed upon, the court, being of opinion that deed tendered would convey a good title, gave judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoKE, J.
The immediate grantor of plaintiffs was James G. Taylor, devisee of the tract of land in question, under the will of his father, Jesse Erwin Taylor, and, on the facts agreed, the title offered was properly made to depend upon the construction of the will of said Jesse, in terms as follows:
“Item; 5. I loan to James G. Taylor during the term of his natural life the following described tract of land, beginning at-a gum in Bee Branch, Moye P. Taylor’s corner, and running along said Taylor’s line 42%oo chains; thence S. 55 W. to the line of the lands devised to my daughter, Mollie Smith, in Item…
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