Station Associates, Inc. v. Dare County

PARKER, Justice.

This title dispute to approximately ten acres of land at the northern tip of Hatteras Island, Dare County, originates in an 1897 deed. In that year Jessie B. Etheridge conveyed the land in issue (hereinafter “the property”) to the United States in the following deed:

Treasury Department Life-Saving Service — Form No. 12.

Whereas, The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY has been authorized by law to establish the LIFE-SAVING STATION herein described;

And whereas, Congress, by Act of March 3, 1875, provided as follows, viz.: “And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, whenever…