DENSON v. DAVIS

No. 242.

124 S.E.2d 827 (1962)

256 N.C. 658

Randolph B. DENSON and wife, Theo J. Denson, and Joyce D. Smithdeal v. James M. DAVIS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bourne & Bourne by Henry C. Bourne, Tarboro, for plaintiff appellant.

Battle, Winslow, Merrell, Scott & Wiley by Robert M. Wiley, Rocky Mount, for defendant appellee.


RODMAN, Justice.

The record evidence shows:

(1) The one acre was, in November 1925, allotted to Maggie Battle Daughtry in the division of the estate of her father, Israel Battle. The other tract was allotted in that division to Jim Battle.

Daughtry and her husband conveyed the one-acre tract to defendant and his wife in 1946. By deed dated 8 December 1953 Maggie Daughtry and husband conveyed the 20.9-acre tract to defendant. This deed recited that...

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