¶1ruled 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.
2 N.C. 1
Arrington v. . Arrington
Superior Court of North Carolina
Decided October 5, 1789
Superior Court of North Carolina · decided 1789-10-05
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently January 1818
2 state decisions
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Decided 1789-10-05
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