Powell v. . Sikes
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Aotion to recover laud, tried at April Term, 1896, of Gkakvillk Superior Court, before Coble, J., and a jury. The facts appear in the opinion of Associate Justice MONTGOMERY. The jury, under instruction of his Honor, rendered a verdict for the defendant, and from the judgment thereon plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Montgomekv, J. :
This action was brought for the possession of a tract of land described in the complaint. The defendant Sikes bought the premises on June 6, 1892, at the sheriff’s sale for taxes due for 1891. The sheriff executed a deed to Sikes on December 28, 1893. On February 2, 1892, the defendant Emery, who was the owner of the land, and wlvo listed it for taxation in 1891, executed to the plaintiffs a mortgage to secure a debt therein mentioned, which debt was unpaid at the time of the sheriff’s sale. The plaintiff had no notice of the sale. The plaint iffs insist that the defendant…
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