Beaufort County v. . Mayo

The defendant made a contract to purchase a fee-simple title, free of encumbrances, from plaintiff, certain tracts of land in Beaufort County, N. C., containing approximately 26,149 acres, for the sum of $12,959.80. The plaintiff claimed title to same under four tax foreclosure suits instituted by jffaintiff against the J. & W. Land Company (abbreviation for Jamesville and Washington). The defendant refused to carry out his contract, contending that plaintiff did not have a fee-simple title to the land, free of encumbrances. The plaintiff in its contract agreed to execute and deliver “a good…