Barnes v. . Aycock

Tbe only question raised by tbis appeal relates to the delivery of the deed. The defendants concede that there was evidence of the execution and acknowledgment of the deed by the grantor, but deny that there was sufficient evidence of delivery to operate as a transfer of the legal title to the plaintiff. The deed was lost and never recorded. Defendants’ only exception is to the denial of their motion for judgment of nonsuit.

The material facts were these: In 1937, the grantor, J. T. Aycock, had his attorney prepare two deeds, one to J. T. Aycock for the land in question from Mewborn, Trustee…