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LACKEY v. HAMLET CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 457.

128 S.E.2d 806 (1963)

258 N.C. 460

Thomas H. LACKEY, Eli A. Lackey, John C. Lackey and wife, Helen Lackey, Annie Louise Lackey, and Richard F. Lackey, v. The HAMLET CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION and the Town of Hamlet.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 11, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. A. Reaves, Hamlet, Bynum & Bynum, Rockingham, for defendants-appellants.

Jones & Jones, Rockingham, for plaintiffs-appellees.

DENNY, Chief Justice.

The question for determination is this: Does the defendant Hamlet City Board of Education now own the lot in controversy in fee absolute, or did title thereto revert to the plaintiffs when the aforesaid Board of Education abandoned the property for school purposes and ordered it to be sold at public auction?

In the interpretation of a deed, the intention of the grantor or grantors must be gathered...

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