Arrington v. . Arrington

Superior Court of North Carolina

Arrington v. . Arrington

2 N.C. 1

DecidedOctober 5, 1789

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Arrington v. . Arrington, 2 N.C. 1 (N.C. Ct. App. 1789).

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ruled that delivery of possession in such cases is principally in order to identify the property, and that it might also answer the purposes of notoriety; but when the identity of them could be proven, the gift was good without delivery. Verdict for the plaintiff accordingly. If there had been two boys of the same name, a delivery might have been necessary; but as there was only one, the proof of identity was easy.

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ruled that delivery of possession in such cases is principally in order to identify the property, and that it might also answer the purposes of notoriety; but when the identity of them could be proven, the gift was good without delivery. Verdict for the plaintiff accordingly. If there had been two boys of the same name, a delivery might have been necessary; but as there was only one, the proof of identity was easy.

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2 N.C. 1, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/arrington-v-arrington-ncsuperct-1789.