Rowe v. Walker

Judge John

dissenting.

I believe the trial court correctly concluded that plaintiffs, as a result of recordation of the easement in Orange County, were chargeable with constructive notice of the existence and entire course of that easement. In addition, contrary to the majority’s assertion, I also believe our law requires that “purchasers for value,” in order to claim protection under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-27 (1984), must indeed be “innocent.” See Hill v. Memorial Park, 304 N.C. 159, 165, 282 S.E.2d 779, 783 (1981) (N.C. recording statutes “do[] not protect all purchasers, but only innocent…