Bond v. Beverly
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Peebles, J., at Fall Term, 1909, of Herteoed. Tbe case was presented to his Honor below upon the following agreed facts: That on 6 February, 1869, H. B. Knox commenced a civil action in the Superior Court of Hertford'County, North Carolina, against Lawrence Askew, Mills Sumner and George H. Mitchell. The summons was served 1.1 February, 1869, on the defendants.
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Appeal from Peebles, J., at Fall Term, 1909, of Herteoed. Tbe case was presented to his Honor below upon the following agreed facts: That on 6 February, 1869, H. B. Knox commenced a civil action in the Superior Court of Hertford'County, North Carolina, against Lawrence Askew, Mills Sumner and George H. Mitchell. The summons was served 1.1 February, 1869, on the defendants. At October Term, 1869, of said court, the plaintiff recovered j’udgment in said action against the defendants, Lawrence Askew and George H.- Mitchell, for $1,954.24 and for $18.35 cost, with interest on $1,654.50 from 18…
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
The title in fee to the land in controversy was undoubtedly, at one time, vested in Lawrence Askew; it was *60divested by a deed of tbe Sheriff of Hertford County to John A. Vann, on 5 April, 1810, this deed being made pursuant to a sale by the sheriff under an execution issued on a judgment against Askew. On 1 November, 1871, John A. Vann conveyed the lands to the plaintiffs; thus they became the owners of it in fee simple; and, as the legal title draws to it the possession, the plaintiffs, nothing else appearing, would be entitled to recover the land from the defendants.
The defendants,…
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