Quinn v. Thigpen

RodmaN, E.J.

One who has a contractual right to compel' another to convey is, upon the recordation of the contract, accorded the same protection as a grantee in a recorded deed. G.S. 47-18; Chandler v. Cameron, 229 N.C. 62, 47 S.E. 2d 528, 3 A.L.R. 2d 571; Winston v. Lumber Co., 227 N.C. 339, 42 S.E. 2d 218; Combes v. Adams, 150 N.C. 64, 63 S.E. 186. Here, the instrument under which the minors claim was recorded prior to the contract between plaintiff and defendant Thigpen. The only question for determination is, did the separation agreements under which the minors claim create an enforceable…