Hooker v. . Nichols
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil actioN, to try title to land, tried before Bynum, J. (who, by consent of parties, found the following facts, a jury trial being waived), at March Term, 1894, of Pitt Superior Court: (It is admitted that title was out of the State and in William Whitehead at the date of the respective sales hereinafter set out.) “ 1. That A. J. Tucker, by virtue of certain executions against the said William Whitehead, which executions are admitted to be regular in all…
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This was a civil actioN, to try title to land, tried before Bynum, J. (who, by consent of parties, found the following facts, a jury trial being waived), at March Term, 1894, of Pitt Superior Court: (It is admitted that title was out of the State and in William Whitehead at the date of the respective sales hereinafter set out.) “ 1. That A. J. Tucker, by virtue of certain executions against the said William Whitehead, which executions are admitted to be regular in all things, on the first day of December, 1890, exposed to public sale at the court-house door in Greenville, the land in…
1Opinion of the Court
Fairoloth, C. J.:
The lappage of lots Nos. 37 and 38 in the schedule of William Whitehead is the land in controversy, it being admitted that Whitehead’s title was good, who was the judgment debtor. On December 1, 1890, the Sheriff under executions against Whitehead, sold lot No. 37 and the plaintiff purchased, and immediately on the same day he sold lot No. 38 and the defendant purchased; each purchaser paid the amount of his bid and the sheriff subsequently executed to each a deed for the lot purchased by him. The defendant’s deed was registered on 13th of December, 1890, and plaintiff’s deed…
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