Supreme Court of North Carolina January 5, 1876 (McCanless v. . Reynolds)

The following is, substantially, the statement of the case sent up as a part of the record, upon appeal to this court: The plaintiff claimed the locus in quo as a purchaser at an execution sale, the execution having been issued in his own behalf. The defendant claimed the same under a deed from one Richard Cox, the defendant in said execution, dated prior to the sheriff's deed to the plaintiff.