§ 8-17. Conveyances or certified copies evidence of title under McCulloch. - North Carolina Statutes

§8‑17.  Conveyances or certified copies evidence of title under McCulloch.

In all trials where the titleof either plaintiff or defendant shall be derived from Henry Eustace McCulloch,or Henry McCulloch, out of their tracts numbers one and three, it shall not berequired of such party to produce, in support of his title, either the originalgrant from the crown to the proprietors, or a registered copy thereof; but inall such cases the grant or deed executed by such reputed proprietors, or byhis or their lawful attorney, or a certified copy thereof, shall be deemed andheld sufficient proof of the title of such proprietors, in the same manner asthough the original grants were produced in evidence. (1807,c. 724, P.R.; R.C., c. 44, s. 2; Code, s. 1337; Rev., s. 1601; C.S., s. 1762.)