BRITE v. LYNCH

No. 21.

69 S.E.2d 169 (1952)

235 N.C. 182

BRITE et al. v. LYNCH et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 27, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Worth & Horner, Elizabeth City, for plaintiffs, appellants.

J. Henry LeRoy, John H. Hall, Elizabeth City, for defendants, appellees.


DEVIN, Chief Justice.

The described land was conveyed by deed in 1861 to David Pritchard Brite. In 1865 David Pritchard Brite married Cordelia, widow of Elias Carver, and mother of Magnora, then a child two years old. About 1867 there was born to David Pritchard and Cordelia a son named Joseph R. Brite. David Pritchard Brite died in 1872. Joseph R. Brite died intestate and without issue in 1935.

It is apparent that if David Pritchard Brite's title to this...

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