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Webb v. Lumber Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina
May 1, 1909
150 N.C. 791 (N.C. 1909)

Summary

In Webb v. Ritter, 60 W. Va. 193, 54 S.E. 484, this Court held that a deed, which described the land mentioned in it as: "All that certain tract or parcel of land situate in McDowell county, West Virginia, on Rings Branch, Peggy's Fork and Laurel Creek, all tributaries, of the Dry Fork and Tug River, supposed by estimation to contain one hundred acres be and the same more or less," was void for uncertainty of the description.

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Opinion

(Filed 5 May, 1909.)

ACTION for damages, tried before Murphy, J., and a jury, at November Term, 1908, of CALDWELL.

W. C. Newland and M. N. Harshaw for plaintiff.

Jones Whisnant for defendant.


Defendant appealed.


The Court is of opinion, upon an examination of this case, that the matters involved are almost entirely of fact and that no error was committed upon the trial.

No error.


Summaries of

Webb v. Lumber Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina
May 1, 1909
150 N.C. 791 (N.C. 1909)

In Webb v. Ritter, 60 W. Va. 193, 54 S.E. 484, this Court held that a deed, which described the land mentioned in it as: "All that certain tract or parcel of land situate in McDowell county, West Virginia, on Rings Branch, Peggy's Fork and Laurel Creek, all tributaries, of the Dry Fork and Tug River, supposed by estimation to contain one hundred acres be and the same more or less," was void for uncertainty of the description.

Summary of this case from Harper v. Pauley, et al

In Webb v. Ritter, 60 W. Va. 193, 54 S.E. 484, we held: "Since, by the constitution of this State, the subjects of land titles and taxation are united to some extent, in one scheme or plan, set forth in Article XIII of the constitution, all statutes, relating to either and affecting the subject matter of the provisions of said article, must be interpreted and construed in the light thereof and made to harmonize with, and conform to, said constitutional plan."

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Case details for

Webb v. Lumber Co.

Case Details

Full title:J. B. WEBB v. W. M. RITTER LUMBER COMPANY

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: May 1, 1909

Citations

150 N.C. 791 (N.C. 1909)
64 S.E. 1135

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