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  "id": 11277838,
  "name": "Doe on demise of ASHFORD GAINEY and wife v. DEMPSEY HAYS",
  "name_abbreviation": "Doe on Demise of Gainey v. Hays",
  "decision_date": "1869-06",
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  "first_page": "497",
  "last_page": "498",
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      "cite": "63 N.C. 497"
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    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
    "id": 9292,
    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
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    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Doe on demise of ASHFORD GAINEY and wife v. DEMPSEY HAYS."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Dice, J.\nThe question of difficulty in this case, is the proper location of the boundary line described in the deed of the lessor of the plaintiff as \u201cthe main road from Smith\u2019s ferry to Bass\u2019s ferry on Neuse.\u201d The termini of said boundary line are agreed upon by the parties, and it is unnecessary for -this Court to express any opinion on that question. There are two roads running between said termini, and it is a question for the jury, to determine which road fits the description of said deed. The deed must speak for itself, and parol evidence is inadmissible to show the intention of the grantor by Ms declarations made previous to the execution of said deed.\nHis Honor in the Court below erred in admitting the testimony of the witness Whitfield Wood, as to the declarations of the grantor made eleven days before the execution of the said deed as to the boundary line in controversy. Patton v. Alexander, 7 Jon. 603.\nFor this error there must be a venire de novo. Let this be certified.\nPee Cubiam. Venire de novo.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Dice, J."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Strange, for the appellants.",
      "W. McKay, contra."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Doe on demise of ASHFORD GAINEY and wife v. DEMPSEY HAYS.\nThe declarations of a grantor made previous to the execution of a deed are inadmissible to control or explain the meaning of language used in such deed.\n(Potion v. Alexander, 7 Jon. 603, cited and approved.)\nEjectmeNT, tried before Buxton, J, at Spring Term 1869, of the Superior Court of Cumberland.\nThe land in dispute consisted of about sis acres, and was included between two roads or sections of roads, both leading from \u201cSmith\u2019s ferry to Bass\u2019s ferry.\u201d The deed of the lessor of the plaintiff called for \u201c the main road from Smith\u2019s ferry to Bass\u2019s ferry on Neuse,\u201d as one of its boundary lines. The question submitted to the jury was the proper location of this line. The defendant introduced one Whitfield Wood, who testified that the grantor in the deed under which the plaintiff\u2019s lessor claimed, told him eleven days before the execution of the deed, that \u201c he intended to make Ashford Gainey a deed giving him all of the land north of the thoroughfare \u201d (which was the line contended for by the defendant.) To the admission of this evidence the plaintiff excepted.\nYerdict for the defendant; Eule for a new trial for error in the admission of the testimony objected to '; Eule di&\\ charged; Judgment and Appeal.\nStrange, for the appellants.\nW. McKay, contra."
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  "file_name": "0497-01",
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