King v. . McRackan
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from 0. H. Allen, J., at November Term, 1914, of Columbus. Action to recover land, in wliicli tbe plaintiff claims title under the following chain of title: 1. Deed from Shade Woot-en to his wife, Sarah E. Wooten, dated 4 August, 1880, registered 7 June, 1882. It was admitted that the defendants claimed title under a deed from Sarah E. Wooten and her husband, Shade Wooten. 2. Deed from Sarah E. Wooten to Jessie D. Wooten, dated 20 June, 1893, registered…
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Appeal by defendant from 0. H. Allen, J., at November Term, 1914, of Columbus. Action to recover land, in wliicli tbe plaintiff claims title under the following chain of title: 1. Deed from Shade Woot-en to his wife, Sarah E. Wooten, dated 4 August, 1880, registered 7 June, 1882. It was admitted that the defendants claimed title under a deed from Sarah E. Wooten and her husband, Shade Wooten. 2. Deed from Sarah E. Wooten to Jessie D. Wooten, dated 20 June, 1893, registered 30 December, 1893. The defendants objected to this deed on the ground that it is insufficient to pass the title to the…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen-, J.
The deed from Sarah E. Wooten to Jessie D. Wooten was considered in Council v. Pridgen, 153 N. C., 444, and it was then held that it was not a valid conveyance, on account of the failure of the husband of the grantor to join in its execution and because the private examination of the grantor, a married woman, had not been taken, and'as this deed is a necessary link in the plaintiff’s title, he must rely on adverse possession under color.
The defendant objected to .the introduction of this deed upon the ground that it was neither valid as a conveyance nor as color of title, and to the deeds…
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