Ripley v. . Arledge
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, to recover land, tried before Avery, Judge, at .Fall Term, 1885, of the Superior Court of HendersoN county.
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Civil action, to recover land, tried before Avery, Judge, at .Fall Term, 1885, of the Superior Court of HendersoN county. The plaintiff claimed title under a sheriff’s deed, dated the 13th day of June, 1870, executed to him as purchaser at a sale had by said sheriff, under an execution issued upon a judgment in favor of Jesse McMinn, against C. F. Townsend and others; and the defendant, for his defence, relied upon a deed executed to him by said Townsend, dated the 10th day of June, 1866. The following issues were submitted to the jury: “ 1. Is the plaintiff the owner of the land in…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
(after stating the facts). In the Superior Court, the-case was made to turn entirely upon the question whether the judgment under w'hich the plaintiff claimed title to the lot in controversy, was satisfied before the sale by the Sheriff, but that point was settled by the verdict, which found all 'the issues,, under the charge of the Court, in favor of the plaintiff.
There were only two exceptions taken by the defendant in the-Court below. The first was to the introduction of the Sheriff’s, deed by the plaintiff1 — but there was no ground for that exception, except as to the order in which the…
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