Pearce v. . Rowland

It is admitted tbat prior to tbe sale of tbe land for taxes in 1933, tbe feme petitioner and respondent were vested remainder-men (tenants in common in expectancy) deriving tbeir title and interests —one-fourtb and tbree-fourtbs respectively — from a common source. Priddy & Co. v. Sanderford, 221 N. C., 422, 20 S. E. (2d), 341; 14 Am. Jur., 124. There is some evidence tbat respondent was in possession of tbe land when tbe tax lien was foreclosed.

After sale to Franklin County in tbe tax foreclosure proceeding, tbe county extended to tbe parties in interest an opportunity to redeem tbe land…