Jones v. . Bunker
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civib Action to recover laud, tried at Fall Term, 1879,. of Surry Superior Court, before Gilmer, J. Verdict and judgment for defendant, appeal by plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
‘Several exceptions taken by t'he appellant •appear -on the record of which it is necessary to consider one only, which in our opinion is decisive of the case.
The plaintiff claims the land in dispute under a succession of deeds extending back to the year 1818, the last of •which was executed to himself on November 5th, 18.71,’and •.a continuous possession of the respective owners down to the defendant’s entry in 1874' or 1875. One of the deeds constituting his claim of title, made by the sheriff of Surry in the year 1847, pursuant to a sale under execution conferring authority on William…
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