City of Greensboro v. Simpson

On 19 October, 1854, Jed. TL Lindsay, of Guilford County, N. C., made a deed for tbe land in controversy, for tbe consideration, expressed in tbe deed, of $37.50, to James Sloan, Andrew Weatherby, and Jed. H. Lindsay, school committee for Common School District No. 38 of Guilford County “and their successors in office.” Tbe deed was duly acknowledged and recorded in Book 36, p. 197, register of deeds office for Guilford County.

The land in controversy has been used, up to the present time, for school purposes, and was used in connection with the graded-scbool system of the city of Greensboro.…