Davis v. . Whitaker
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ACTION, tried before Graves, J., at March Term, 1894, of Halifax Superior Court, on an agreed statement of facts of which those necessary to an understanding of the decision are set out in the opinion of Chief Justice Shepherd. From a judgment for the plaintiffs the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Shepherd, C. J.:
The only question presented for our consideration is whether the deed to Spier Whitaker, trustee, was properly registered, so as to give it priority over the deed executed to Dobie & Co. on the.28th January, 1890. The deed to Whitaker was duly admitted to probate on the loth of January, 1883, and ordered to be registered with the certificate of the Clerk of the Superior Court, and on the same day, together witli the fee for its registration, it was delivered by the Clerk to the Register of Deeds, who made thereon the following indorsement: “Received and recorded January 15,…
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