Case Name: THE VESTRY AND LEGAL TRUSTEES OF THE PROPERTY OF ST. PETER'S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF WASHINGTON, N. C., Comprising T. HARVEY MYERS, Senior Warden, and J. D. GRIMES, Junior Warden, and Ten Others, v. C. C. DUKE
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1939-09-20
Citations: 216 N.C. 793
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE VESTRY AND LEGAL TRUSTEES OF THE PROPERTY OF ST. PETER'S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF WASHINGTON, N. C., Comprising T. HARVEY MYERS, Senior Warden, and J. D. GRIMES, Junior Warden, and Ten Others, v. C. C. DUKE.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 216
Pages: 793–793

Head Matter:
THE VESTRY AND LEGAL TRUSTEES OF THE PROPERTY OF ST. PETER'S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF WASHINGTON, N. C., Comprising T. HARVEY MYERS, Senior Warden, and J. D. GRIMES, Junior Warden, and Ten Others, v. C. C. DUKE.
(Filed 20 September, 1939.)
Appeal by defendant from Thompson, J., at June Term, 1939, of Beaufort.
Affirmed.
Controversy without action to determine the validity of the title of a tract of land which the plaintiffs contracted to convey to the defendant and the defendant agreed to purchase. The defendant declined to comply with the contract by reason of alleged defects in the title. The graveyard, about which there are certain stipulations in the will of Thomas A. McNair, Sr., is not located on the property plaintiffs propose to convey. Judgment for the plaintiffs, and the defendant appealed.
H. S. Ward for plaintiffs, appellees.
A. E. Daniel for defendant, appellant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The questions involved on this appeal are controlled by the decision of this Court in Church v. Bragaw, 144 N. C., 126. The judgment below is
Affirmed.