HILL v. PINELAWN MEMORIAL PARK, INC.

No. 10.

282 S.E.2d 779 (1981)

Johnnie H. HILL and wife, Clara Mae F. Hill v. PINELAWN MEMORIAL PARK, INC., William C. Shackelford and wife, Jennie L. Shackelford.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcus & Whitley by Harvey W. Marcus and Robert E. Whitley, Kinston, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jeffress, Morris, Rochelle & Duke, P.A. by A. H. Jeffress, Kinston, for defendant-appellee Pinelawn Memorial Park.

Fred W. Harrison, Kinston, for defendants-appellees Shackelford.


MEYER, Justice.

The major issue presented in this case is whether a purchaser of real property who obtains and records the deed thereto after being served with summons in an action by a prior purchaser demanding conveyance of that property is protected as a purchaser for value under our recordation statute, G.S. § 47-18. We hold that he is not.

In summary, the evidence at trial showed that on 13 October 1972, the plaintiffs entered into an installment...

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