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WHETSELL v. JERNIGAN

No. 42.

229 S.E.2d 183 (1976)

291 N.C. 128

Vernon R. WHETSELL et al. v. Gladys L. JERNIGAN and husband, Roland R. Jernigan.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 4, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kornegay, Bruce & Rice by G. R. Kornegay, Jr. and Robert T. Rice, Mount Olive, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Smith, Everett & Womble by James N. Smith and James D. Womble, Jr., Goldsboro, for defendants-appellants.

MOORE, Justice.

The sole question for decision is whether a clause in a deed providing for a reverter of title to the grantors is valid and effective when it appears only at the end of the description and is not referred to elsewhere in the deed. The Court of Appeals held that it was not effective. We agree.

In Artis v. Artis, 228 N.C. 754, 47 S.E.2d 228 (1948), the plaintiff claimed title to certain land under a deed in which the granting clause conveyed...

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