Supreme Court of North Carolina August 5, 1853 (Doe Ex Dem. Lovinggood v. Burgess)

Battle, J.

It was decided as early as the year 1794, in the case of

Reynolds

v.

Flinn,

1 Hay. Rep., 106, and has been adhered to ever since, that a grant, founded on an entry made of vacant land subject to entry, cannot be collaterally impeached for fraud or defects in the entry, or irregularity in any preliminary

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proceeding.