Alexander v. Richmond Cedar Works
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN tried before Bond, J., and a jury, at November Term, 1918, of TYRRELL. Plaintiffs alleged and offered evidence tending to show that this land lay within the boundaries of a grant to Josiah Collins, and that a chain of title connected said Collins with Solomon Hassell; that Solomon Has-sell conveyed this land to Jesse Alexander in 1813, and that Jesse Alexander died leaving five children: (1) Abner Alexander, who died intestate without issue; (2) Joseph Alexander,…
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ActioN tried before Bond, J., and a jury, at November Term, 1918, of TYRRELL. Plaintiffs alleged and offered evidence tending to show that this land lay within the boundaries of a grant to Josiah Collins, and that a chain of title connected said Collins with Solomon Hassell; that Solomon Has-sell conveyed this land to Jesse Alexander in 1813, and that Jesse Alexander died leaving five children: (1) Abner Alexander, who died intestate without issue; (2) Joseph Alexander, ancestor in blood of some of the plaintiffs; (3) Martha Spruill, ancestor in blood of the remaining plaintiffs; (4) George…
1Opinion of the Court
WaíkeR, J.,
after stating the case: We held in Roper Lumber Co. v. Richmond Cedar Works, 165 N. C., 83, that there is color of title, not where a deed is executed by one tenant in common, which purports to convey the entire interest, the grantor having less than an entirety, but where a deed is executed under a judicial proceeding which purports to sell and convey an entirety, and where some of the tenants in common had been made parties to the proceeding under which the court ordered the sale. Discussing this point, we said: “This Court has held that a deed by one tenant of the entire estate…
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