Tiddy v. . Graves
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN for possession of city lot in Greensboro, tried before Broion, The plaintiff claimed as devisee under the will of his mother, Annie G. Reed, wife of J. W. Reed. The defendant claimed under tax titles from sheriff of Guilford and tax collector of Greensboro. The facts were, by consent, found by his Honor, who rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff. Defendant excepted and appealed. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
The plaintiff alleges that he is the owner in fee of the premises by virtue of his mother’s will, by which it is devised to him in fee simple. She died in 1890. On May 6/1895, the property was sold for non-payment of taxes, both by the city under the provisions of its charter, and by the sheriff, under the general statute, and purchased by the defendant at both sales. Over a year thereafter, no one having come forward to redeem the premises, deeds therefor were made to the defendant both by the sheriff and by the city. There is no impeachment of the regularity of these proceedings. The…
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