NEW HOME BUILDING SUPPLY COMPANY v. Nations

Sharp. J.

Standing timber is a part of the realty and can be conveyed only by an instrument which is sufficient to convey any other realty. Chandler v. Cameron, 229 N.C. 62, 47 S.E. 2d 528, 3 A.L.R. 2d 571. A conveyance of land can only be by deed. Ward v. Gay, 137 N.C. 397, 49 S.E. 884. The determinative question here is whether the endorsement on the back of the deed from defendant to Lundy meets the requirements for a valid conveyance.

Today in North Carolina, the word deed ordinarily denotes an instrument in writing signed, sealed, and delivered by the grantor whereby an interest in realty…