§ 98-8 – Color of title under destroyed instrument.
98-8. Color of title under destroyed instrument. Every person who has been in the continual, peaceable and quiet possession of land, tenements, or hereditaments, situated in the county, claiming, using and occupying them as his own, for the space of seven years, under known boundaries, the title thereto being out of the State, is deemed […]
§ 98-9 – Action on destroyed bond.
98-9. Action on destroyed bond. Actions on official or other bonds lodged in any office which are destroyed with the registry thereof may be prosecuted by petition against the principal and sureties thereto, and the proceedings shall be as in the former courts of equity. (1865-6, c. 41, s. 7; Code, s. 62; Rev., s. […]
§ 98-10 – Destroyed witness tickets; duplicates may be filed.
98-10. Destroyed witness tickets; duplicates may be filed. The court having jurisdiction of the action may allow other witness tickets to be filed in place of such as may be destroyed, upon the oath of the witness or other satisfactory proof. (1865-6, c. 41, s. 8; Code, s. 63; Rev., s. 335; C.S., s. 374.)
§ 98-11 – Replacing lost official conveyances.
98-11. Replacing lost official conveyances. Where any conveyance executed by any person, sheriff, clerk and master, or commissioner of court has been lost, and registry thereof destroyed as aforesaid, and there is no copy thereof, such persons, whether in or out of office, may execute another of like tenor and date, reciting therein that the […]
§ 98-2 – Originals may be again recorded.
98-2. Originals may be again recorded. All original papers, once admitted to record or registry, whereof the record or registry is destroyed, may, on motion, be again recorded or registered, on such proof as the court shall require. (1865-6, c. 41, s. 3; Code, s. 56; Rev., s. 328; C.S., s. 366.)
§ 98-3 – Establishing boundaries and interest, where conveyance and copy lost.
98-3. Establishing boundaries and interest, where conveyance and copy lost. When any conveyance of real estate, or of any right or interest therein, is lost, the registry thereof being also destroyed, any person claiming under the same may cause the boundaries thereof to be established in the manner provided in the Chapter entitled Boundaries, or […]
§ 98-4 – Copy of lost will may be probated.
98-4. Copy of lost will may be probated. In counties where the original wills on file in the office of the clerk of superior court, and will books containing copies, are lost or destroyed, if the executor or any other person has preserved a copy of a will (the original being so lost or destroyed) […]
§ 98-1 – Copy of destroyed record as evidence; may be recorded.
98-1. Copy of destroyed record as evidence; may be recorded. When the office of any registry is destroyed by fire or other accident, and the records and other papers thereof are burnt or destroyed, the copies of all such proceedings, instruments and papers as are of record or registry, certified by the proper officer, though […]