GRIFFIN v. SPRINGER

No. 453.

92 S.E.2d 682 (1956)

244 N.C. 95

Mary Nelme GRIFFIN and husband, Thomas E, Griffin, and Nona Nelme Clarke and husband, Kenneth Clarke, v. L. C. SPRINGER (Original Party Defendant), and Bennett M. Edwards, guardian ad litem for Thomas E. Griffin, Jr., Bennett Griffin, David Griffin, Mary Charlotte Griffin, and the unborn children of Mary Nelme Griffin, Henry C. Doby, Jr., guardian ad litem for the unborn children of Nona Nelme Clarke, and the Bank of Wadesboro, Substitute Trustee under Item XXII of the Last Will and Testament of William A. Smith, Deceased (Additional Party Defendants).

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry C. Doby, Jr., Albemarle, guardian ad litem for the unborn children of Nona Nelme Clarke, defendant, appellant.

Bennett M. Edwards, Wadesboro, guardian ad litem for Thomas E. Griffin, Jr., Bennett Griffin, David Griffin, Mary Charlotte Griffin, and the unborn children of Mary Nelme Griffin, defendant, appellant.

Little, Brock & McLendon, Wadesboro, for Mary Nelme Griffin and husband, Thomas E. Griffin, plaintiffs, appellees.

R. L. Smith & Son, Albemarle, for Nona Nelme Clarke and husband, Kenneth Clarke, plaintiffs, appellees.


PARKER, Justice.

The sufficiency of a deed to convey title can be adjudicated by the submission of a controversy without action under G.S. § 1-250. Sedberry v. Parsons, 232 N.C. 707, 62 S.E.2d 88; Weathers v. Bell, 232 N.C. 561, 61 S.E.2d 600; Prince v. Barnes, 224 N.C. 702, 32 S.E.2d 224; Williams v. Blizzard, 176 N.C. 146,...

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