Action to Recover Land — Trial — Parol Evidence — Lost Records.
1. Parol evidence of lost records is admissible.
2. The testimony of the attorney who drew the decrees of sale and of confirmation in proceedings for the sale of lands for assets was admissible in the trial of an action to recover the land, to show that such decrees were regularly drawn and signed by the clerk before the acts authorized thereby were performed.
3. In the trial of an action to recover land, the record of proceedings for the allotment of dower was admissible for the purpose of showing that the continued occupancy of the land by the widow and her daughter, the defendant, who lived with her, was permissive and not adverse.
PER CURIAM.
Parol evidence of the contents of the lost record was admissible (see this case reported in 109 N.C. 555), and upon due consideration we think that Mr. Parker's testimony, under the peculiar circumstances, was properly received. We are also of the opinion that the defendant was not prejudiced by the introduction of the proceedings for dower. Upon the whole record, we see nothing that warrants a new trial.
Affirmed.