Fleming v. North Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank of Durham
Fleming v. North Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank of Durham
Opinion of the Court
It is not necessary to analyze the voluminous evidence in the record, since upon the judgment of nonsuit, our consideration is narrowed to one phase of the case.
Under the evidence in this case, we think the plaintiff had the right to have an accounting, and if it appears therefrom that there was nothing due the Land Bank at the time of the sale of the lands in controversy, and if such sale was brought about through the wrongful action of the Land Bank, she would ordinarily be entitled to redeem the land unless this has been rendered impossible through the conduct of the Land Bank. In that event, she would be entitled to such damages as she may have sustained, and which may be provable under applicable law.
The evidence does not affirmatively show that any cause of action which the plaintiff may have had against Windham accrued within the three years next preceding the institution of the suit; nor is it sufficient to justify a recovery against any defendant other than the Land Bank.
As to the Land Bank, the judgment of nonsuit is
Reversed.
As to the other defendants, it is
Affirmed.
Reference
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- EVA FLEMING v. THE NORTH CAROLINA JOINT STOCK LAND BANK OF DURHAM, N. C. INTERSTATE TRUSTEE CORPORATION, Trustee JOHN L. WINDHAM, WILLIAM H. WOOD, R. D. HARRINGTON and Wife, EVA S. HARRINGTON (Original Parties Defendant) and ALBION DUNN, Trustee (Additional Party Defendant)
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