The dying of any disseizor seized of or in any lands, tenements or other hereditaments, having no right or title therein, shall not be taken or deemed any such descent as to take away the entry of any such person or persons, or their heirs, as, at the time of such descent, had good and lawful title of entry into such lands, tenements or hereditaments unless such disseizor has had the peaceable possession of such lands, tenements or hereditaments for the space of ten years next after the disseizin therein by him committed, without entry or continual claim by or of such person or persons as had lawful title thereunto.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-9; 1952 Code Section 57-9; 1942 Code Section 877; 1932 Code Section 877; Civ. P. '22 Section 825; Civ. C. '12 Section 4063; Civ. C. '02 Section 2962; G. S. 2282; R. S. 2422; 1712 (2) 474.