Jones v. . Gibson

A tax was claimed by the State on the tract of 390 acres, as unlisted land for the years 1802, 1803, and 1804; and on 25 November, 1805, the sheriff of Craven exposed the same to public sale and sold it to the plaintiff, who undertook to pay the said tax for 389 acres, part thereof. The 389 acres were surveyed duly by the county surveyor, and the sheriff made a conveyance of the same to the plaintiff.

On the trial it appeared that a certain Samuel Hoover, claiming (481) a right to one undivided third of the 390 acres, had, during 1802, 1803, and 1804, listed for taxes 130 acres as the…