County of Guilford v. Bynum
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendants from Finley, J., at February Term, 1921, of Guileoed. Tbe county of Guilford and tbe Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company sue to clear a cloud from tbe title of tbe said company to tbe land purchased by it from its coplaintiff, tbe‘county of Guilford, said land being popularly known as “tbe old courthouse square.”
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Appeal by defendants from Finley, J., at February Term, 1921, of Guileoed. Tbe county of Guilford and tbe Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company sue to clear a cloud from tbe title of tbe said company to tbe land purchased by it from its coplaintiff, tbe‘county of Guilford, said land being popularly known as “tbe old courthouse square.” Tbe insurance company alleges ownership of said land by virtue of tbe title heretofore construed in Guilford v. Porter, 170 N. C., 310; 8. c., 171 N. C., 356; that it is tbe owner in fee simple of tbe tract of land in question and has tbe right to erect…
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, O. J.
Tbe sole question presented on this appeal is what is tbe force and effect of tbe judgment rendered between tbe same parties, 171 N. C., 356. In that case these defendants claimed an easement in all of tbe locus in quo, tbe entire courthouse square, by reason of tbe fact that they owned offices whose doors opened upon tbe square. In such former action the county bad offered to convey tbe entire tract to tbe Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company for tbe sum of $150,000, but in that offer they bad excepted 18feet of tbe property next to tbe defendants’ line, but alleged in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- County of Guilford v. PorterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
- County of Guilford v. PorterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916