Jones v. . Balsley

The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for a breach of a covenant of warranty. T. E. Balsley, as executor of Jacob B. Balsley, on 26 February, 1898, in consideration of $3,600, executed a deed to the plaintiffs for a lot in the city of Greensboro, which is described in the complaint. At the same time the defendants, referring to the said deed, covenanted with the plaintiffs, their heirs and assigns, "that the title to the property was vested in the said Jacob B. Balsley, and that the same is free from all encumbrances, and that the said T. E. Balsley as executor is authorized…