Falls of Neuse Manufacturing Co. v. Brooks

Citations

• 106 N.C. 107

Syllabus

<p>Action to Recover Land — Statute of Limitations — Pleading— ' Sheriff’s Deed — Judgment—Color of Title.</p> <p>1. It is competent to prove possession for seven years in support of a general denial in the pleadings that plaintiff was owner — it is not necessary to specially plead the statute.</p> <p>2. A Sheriff’s deed, purporting to pass a fee, even though it does not vest the interest of the judgment creditor, is good as color of title after seven years’ adverse continuous possession under known and visible boundaries, the title being out of the State.</p> <p>3. This Court will not consider questions not raised by proper exceptions.</p>