Pearce v. Gay

A conveyance of land, which is subject to a valid and continuing lease, passes to the purchaser the right to collect the rents thereafter accruing. Rents theretofore accrued are mere choses in action. Purchaser of the land acquires no title to the past due rents. Mixon v. Coffield, 24 N.C. 301; Kornegay v. Collier, 65 N.C. 69; Rogers v. McKenzie, 65 N.C. 218; Bullard v. Johnson, 65 N.C. 436; Lancashire v. Mason, 75 N.C. 455; Jennings v. Shannon, 200 N.C. 1, 156 S.E. 89; Perkins v. Langdon, 231 N.C. 386, 57 S.E. 2d 407; Four-G Corp. v. Ruta, 138 A. 2d 18; Boteler v. Leber, 164 A. 572; Notes,…