1893 public laws – Ch.296 Sec.100
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CHAPTER 296 An act to provide for the assessment of property and the collection of taxes. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Any person having a lien upon real estate may pay the taxes thereon in so far as the same are a lien upon such real estate, and the amount of taxes so_ paid shall from the time of payment operate as a lien upon such real estate in preference to all other liens, and the money so paid may also be recovered by action for moneys paid to his use against the person or persons legally liable for the payment of such taxes,