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     State of  North Carolina     )
                                              )                           In The Superior Court.
     County of Henderson         )


     E. B. Harris                       )

            vs.                              )

     David Thompson, George  )                         AMENDED ANSWER.
     Willett Va Ness and
     William Redmond Cross,   )
     Trustees.
                                              )

                    The defendants in answer to the complaint of the plaintiff, amend their answer by leave of the Court, say:

                                                                                                 I.
                    That the facts set forth in paragraph One of said complaint, in so far as they allege, or tend to allege that the plaintiff either      
    
     directly or through an agent or attorney entered into the alleged agreement with the defendants, are not true and are denied.

                                                                                                II.
                     That the facts set forth in paragraph Two of said complaint are denied on information and belief, and in so far as the said

     paragraph alleges or tends to allege that the said plaintiff had ever been employed or engaged by the defendants or their agent or attorney

     to sell said land or to negotiate sale of said land and it is not true and is denied.

                                                                                                III.
                      That the facts set forth in paragraph Three of said compliant are not true and are denied.

                                                                                                IV.
                      That the facts set forth in paragraph Four of said complaint are not true and are denied;


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                      WHEREFORE the defendants ask judgement that they go without day and recover the costs of this action.

                                                                                                                            Smith & Schenck,
                                                                                                                                        Attorneys for Defendants.

 

                                                                                      being duly sworn says that he is one of the defendants in the above named action;

      that he has read the foregoing Amended Answer, and that the same is true, except as to those matters stated on information and belief,

      and as to those he believes it to be true.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               


      State of                                                                  )
                                                                                         ss.
      County of                                                               )

                         Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the                         day of                      1908.

                         Witness my hand and official seal.  My commission expires the                     day of                 19               .                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                           Notary Public.