2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure.
§ 1-350. Defendant evicted, may recover from plaintiff.
§ 1‑350. Defendant evicted, may recover from plaintiff.
If the defendant, his heirs or assigns, after the premises are so relinquished to him, is evicted by force of a better title than that of the original plaintiff, the person so evicted may recover from the plaintiff or his representatives the amount paid for the premises, as so much money had and received by the plaintiff in his lifetime for the use of such person, with lawful interest thereon from the time of the payment. (1871‑2, c. 147, s. 15; Code, s. 487; Rev., s. 666; C.S., s. 709.)
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