STORY v. WALCOTT

No. 163.

83 S.E.2d 498 (1954)

240 N.C. 622

C. O. STORY v. Eugenia B. WALCOTT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 22, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCown, Lavender & McFarland, Tryon, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert L. Whitmire, Jr., Hendersonville, for defendant-appellee.


BOBBITT, Justice.

A grantee, by acceptance of a deed, "becomes bound by the stipulations, recitals, conditions, and limitations therein contained, even though he has not signed the deed". 26 C.J.S., Deeds, § 53, pp. 259-260. This rule is recognized generally and by this Court. 16 Am.Jur. p. 645, Deeds, sec. 358; Raynor v. Raynor, 212 N.C. 181, 193 S.E. 216; Stephens Co. v. Lisk, 240 N.C. 289, 82 S.E.2d 99

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