Kirkman v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “As to the claims of defendants Elvira Johnson; Richard Jewell and wife, Patsy Jewell; Marie H. Wise; Addie Wilson; and Zeno Everette and wife, Carol Everette; plaintiffs prevail because plaintiffs' interest was not extinguished by the Act because it was revealed in the muniments of title in their record chain of title. With respect to defendants Ernest Boyd and wife, Sybil Boyd; Louis Toler and wife, Joyce Toler; Brenda H. Manning; and Linwood Braxton and wife, Earline Braxton; because no registration of their interests by plaintiffs occurred pursuant to G.S. 47B-4 and no mention of the Kirkman will appeared in the muniments of title in their respective 30 year chain of record title, plaintiffs' interest was extinguished by the Act and these defendants prevail.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kirkman v. Wilson

2. “[w]hether application of the Marketable Title Act to extinguish a non-possessory vested remainder violates the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution or the Law of the Land provision of the North Carolina Constitution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kirkman v. Wilson

3. “[t]here still remain several unresolved issues of law and fact that were raised by the pleadings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kirkman v. Wilson