Shaffer v. . Hahn
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil actioN, brought to recover land, tried at Fall Term, 1890, of the Superior Court of Beaufort County, Connor, <7., presiding.
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This was a civil actioN, brought to recover land, tried at Fall Term, 1890, of the Superior Court of Beaufort County, Connor, <7., presiding. Both parties claimed title through Noah W. Guilford, who was admitted to have been the owner of the laud in controversy prior to September 1st, 1871, when he executed a deed to his son Charles F. Guilford, who, in turn, conveyed to the defendants by deed, dated December 22d, 1879, referring to the deed executed by Noah W. Guilford to himself for description. The plaintiff, to show title in himself, offered— 1. A Sheriff’s deed, dated January 6th, 1872,…
1Opinion of the CourtAvery, J.
after stating the case: The burden being upon the plaintiff to offer prima facie testimony tending to connect himself with N. W. Guilford, the common source of title, it is proper first to consider and pass upon exceptions to the refusal to exclude mesne conveyances, constituting an essential .part of such connecting line, for want of proper probate, or upon exceptions impeaching such deeds for inherent defects or raising the question whether the evidence, if undisputed, was sufficient to fit the description to the land. Objection was made to the probate of the deed executed by John 0. Blake…
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