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  "name": "N. W. WILLIAMS et al. v. SAM WILLIAMS",
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      "N. W. WILLIAMS et al. v. SAM WILLIAMS."
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        "text": "Stacy, C. J.\nTbe defendant, after reaching bis majority and with full knowledge of all tbe facts, accepted $360 for bis one-sixth interest in tbe lands of Robert Williams, deceased. Tbis was a ratification of tbe sale previously made, and tbe Court will not now permit him to upset tbe proceeding by motion in tbe present cause filed more than four years after such ratification. Smith v. Gray, 116 N. C., 311, 21 S. E., 200; Long v. Rockingham, 187 N. C., 199, 121 S. E., 461.\nAffirmed.",
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    "head_matter": "N. W. WILLIAMS et al. v. SAM WILLIAMS.\n(Filed 27 February, 1929.)\nInfants \u2014 Property and Conveyances \u2014 Right to Set Aside Conveyance-Ratification.\nA minor who has sold his interests in lands at a certain price may not when coming of age receive the amount of the purchase price from the clerk of the court, with full knowledge of the facts, wait for four years and seek to disaffirm the transaction and have it set aside, his acts being a ratification of the sale.\nAppeal by movant from Nunn, J., at September Term, 1928, of WayNE.\nMotion by defendant to set aside all orders and decrees affecting bis interests, entered in tbis special proceeding wbicb was instituted 10 November, 1914, for tbe purpose of having tbe lands of Robert Williams, late of Wayne County, partitioned among bis beirs at law. Tbe final decree of confirmation was entered 7 June, 1915.\nTbe defendant, while a minor, sold bis interest in said lands for $360, wbicb amount be received from tbe clerk of tbe court 10 October, 1923, upon arriving at bis majority and with full knowledge of tbe facts. More than four years thereafter, to wit, on 31 December, 1927, tbe present motion was filed by tbe defendant, Sam Williams.\nFrom an order denying tbe defendant\u2019s motion, be appeals, assigning errors.\nD. H. Bland for plaintiffs.\nShaw & J ones for defendant."
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