Jordan v. . Simmons

This case was before this Court at a former term, and is reported in169 N.C. 140. That report is referred to for a statement of the case.

The land is controversy was claimed by Allen Jordan, who was in possession of it on 2 May, 1898, when it was sold for his taxes and bid off by G.S. Beaman, who assigned his bid to Mary Jordan, the wife of Allen Jordan. The sheriff's deed to Mary Jordan is dated 6 May, 1899. This action was commenced on 6 May, 1903, by Mary Jordan and her husband, Allen Jordan, to recover the land. They died pending the action, and their heirs at law, I. M. Deaton and wife,…