CITY OF WILMINGTON v. FORDEN

No. 825DC1144.

307 S.E.2d 394 (1983)

CITY OF WILMINGTON v. Harry L. FORDEN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura E. Crumpler, Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ernest B. Fullwood, Wilmington, for defendant-appellant.


HEDRICK, Judge.

Defendant contends that summary judgment for the plaintiff was inappropriate. He argues that plaintiff failed to make out a prima facie case for ejectment.

The general rule is that "a purchaser at an execution sale ... is entitled to recover in ejectment against the debtor, whose estate he has bought, upon showing a judgment, execution, and sheriff's deed." 25 Am.Jur.2d, Ejectment Sec. 30 (1966). In North Carolina the rule is well-settled...

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