Board of Education v. . Gallop

The deed of Sheriff Carmine to M. B. Simpson is a vital and necessary link in the plaintiff’s title and its validity depends on a sale under a live execution in the hands of the sheriff as provided by law. It is incumbent upon the plaintiff offering such a deed when challenged in an action involving the title, to support it by evidence of these facts. Byrd v. Collins, 159 N. C., 641, 75 S. E., 1073; Avery v. Stewart, 134 N. C., 287, 46 S. E., 519; Isley v. Boon, 109 N. C., 555, 13 S. E., 795; Person v. Roberts, 159 N. C., 168, 74 S. E., 322; Sinclair v. Worthy, 60 N. C., 114, 115; Thompson v.…