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SWAN QUARTER FARMS, INC. Plaintiff, v. ROGER A. SPENCER and wife, DOROTHY C. SPENCER; BENJAMIN CAHOON and wife, MELANIE S. CAHOON; and JEFFREY D. GIBBS and wife, JENNIFER S. GIBBS No. COA98-740 (Filed 4 May 1999) 1. Estoppel--piercing corporate veil--clean hands

The trial court did not err by refusing to pierce the corporate veil in an action to determine possession of a tract of land where defendant contended that the trial court should have disregarded plaintiff's corporate form to determine the true nature of the parties and their interests and should not have granted summary judgment for plaintiff. Defendants were aware of the defects in the title when they purchased the property, used the defects in the title as leverage in negotiations, and may not resort to equitable principles. Equity is for the protection of innocent persons and is a tool used by the court to intervene where injustice would otherwise result. 2. Deeds--real property--bona fide purchaser for value

The trial court did not err in an action concerning possession of land by determining that one of defendants' predecessors in title was not a bona fide purchaser for value without notice of any defects in the chain of title where a 1969 deed was presumptively invalid on its face and an inquiry by the purchaser would have disclosed that the conveyance was not open and above board. 3. Adverse Possession--ejectment claim--determined in prior action

An ejectment action was not barred by an adverse possession claim where the issue of adverse possession had been raised, argued, and determined by the Court of Appeals in a prior action. 4. Appeal and Error--preservation of issues--cross-assignment of error

A cross-assignment of error concerning an N.C.G.S.

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