Freeman v. . Morrison

The lease herein involved was recorded ten minutes prior to the deed of plaintiffs. Accordingly, if the acknowledgment, probate and registration of defendant’s lease was regular, it takes precedence. N. C. Code, 1935 (Michie), secs. 3308, 3311. Knowles v. Wallace, 210 N. C., 603 (606). However, plaintiffs contend that the acknowledgment of the lessors’ execution of the lease was in form insufficient to predicate a valid probate and registration of the lease.

Immediately following the signature and seals of the lessors at the end of the lease, there appeared the following:

“Witness:

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