Stone v. . Phillips
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN to recover a parcel of land, tried before Ilarding, J., and a jury, at February Term, 1918, of Moose. Tbe plaintiff, admitted to have been the owner of the lot, sued to recover same. Defendant, in possession, resisted recovery, claiming title under a tax sale and deed from D. A1 Blue, sheriff of Moore County, having the tax list of 1912 to collect by virtue of his office, etc.
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ActioN to recover a parcel of land, tried before Ilarding, J., and a jury, at February Term, 1918, of Moose. Tbe plaintiff, admitted to have been the owner of the lot, sued to recover same. Defendant, in possession, resisted recovery, claiming title under a tax sale and deed from D. A1 Blue, sheriff of Moore County, having the tax list of 1912 to collect by virtue of his office, etc. On issues as to title and right of possession, the court charged the jury, if evidence believed, to find for plaintiff. Yerdict for plaintiff. Judgment, and defendant excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
The facts in evidence tended to show that in 1911 one-C. H. Jones, a nonresident, owned a lot in the town of Carthage, same-having been conveyed to him by the former owner, Yance W. Barrett, in 1905, and the deed duly registered in said county, Book 33, page 294; that in April, 1911, C. H. Jones conveyed a part of said lot to plaintiff,, said deed being duly registered on 10 April, 1911; that on the tax list for Moore County for 1912 plaintiff’s land was not listed in his own name and the Jones lot was listed as formerly, appearing on the tax lists as “Jones, C. H., one lot, Carthage, $225,”…
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