Reece v. . Woods
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotioN, tried before Bryson, J., and a jury, at Special Term, 1920, of Cheroxee. The purpose of action is chiefly to have declared void and set aside a deed from W. L. F. Woods and wife to Worth Woods on the ground that said deed, though appearing on the registration book, was never in fact delivered.
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Civil aotioN, tried before Bryson, J., and a jury, at Special Term, 1920, of Cheroxee. The purpose of action is chiefly to have declared void and set aside a deed from W. L. F. Woods and wife to Worth Woods on the ground that said deed, though appearing on the registration book, was never in fact delivered. There are also allegations in the complaint that the plaintiff being tbe real owner and in possession of the land, the defendant has wrongfully committed trespass thereon to plaintiff’s damage. At the close of the testimony, on motion, there was judgment of nonsuit, and plaintiff excepted…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
On the trial it appeared that plaintiff is in possession of the land in question claiming to own same under a deed from W. L. F. "Woods and wife, Laura, dated 22 February, 1919, duly proven and registered said deed containing a stipulation by way of condition subsequent that the grantee would maintain said grantors during their lives, and on their deaths, see that they were properly bui’ied, etc. It also further appeared that defendant claimed the land under a deed purporting to have been made by said W. L. F. Woods and wife, acknowledged by the grantors before a justice of the peace, E. A.…
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