Fulcher v. . Fulcher

Citations

• 29 S.E. 91
• 122 N.C. 101
• 1898 N.C. LEXIS 200

Syllabus

<p>Tax Sale — Tax List — Description, Sufficiency of.</p> <p>1. The designation of property in a conveyance or memorandum is sufficient if it affords the means of identification and does not positively mislead the owner.</p> <p>2. Where the description of a tax-payer’s land on the tax list made under the direction of the owner was “Tax List in No. 2 Township, Craven County, for the year 1893, ” and the tax-payer owned no other land in the township; Held that the description was sufficient to pass title, by the aid of parol evidence, as between the tax-payer and the purchaser of the land at a tax sale.</p>