§ 47-85. Before masters in chancery. - North Carolina Statutes

§47‑85.  Before masters in chancery.

All probates, acknowledgments,and private examinations of  deeds and conveyances of land heretofore takenbefore masters in equity or masters in chancery in any other state are declaredto be valid, and all registrations of such deeds or conveyances upon suchprobates, acknowledgments and private examinations, or any of them, are herebydeclared to be sufficient. All such deeds and conveyances and registrationthereof, and all certified copies of such registrations, shall be received inevidence or otherwise used in the  same manner and with the same force andeffect as other deeds and conveyances with probates, acknowledgments, orprivate examinations made in accordance with provisions of statutes of thisState in force at the time and as registrations thereof and certified copies ofsuch registrations. Nothing in this section contained shall have effect todeprive anyone of any legal rights acquired, before its passage, from thegrantors in such deeds or conveyances subsequently to their execution, wherethe deeds or conveyances by which such rights were acquired have been dulyacknowledged or probated and registered. (1911, c. 10; C.S., s. 3366.)