27 F.R. 6482 (1962), authority for which is found in 7 U.S.C.A. §§ 1375 and 1812. The agreement was not recorded in the registry of Harnett County or in the ASCS office there.
On April 29, 1963, the heirs executed to Edna Currin Pepoon a deed to her portion of the Harnett County farm as called for by the agreement. On July 2, 1963, Edna Currin Pepoon conveyed by warranty deed this same land to the plaintiff. Plaintiff contends that the land carries with it a part of the crop allotments which previously were assigned the Currin farm. Defendants deny plaintiff's claim, saying that the agreement among the heirs allocating the allotments to three named heirs, other than *896 plaintiff's predecessor in title, is binding upon plaintiff.
Initially, the courtquota exemption acreage, upon approval of the County Committee (Emphasis supplied.), may be apportioned among the tracts on the basis of a written agreement signed by all interested persons."
This language requires the logical conclusion that the agreement must be signed by all those who are deemed to be "interested persons" at the time of approval. Any other construction would encourage the presentation of fraudulent agreements to deprive innocent purchasers of allotments which they thought they had bought with the land, and to which they would be entitled but for some unknown paper writing which the heirs later produce as evidence of an "agreement".
Since plaintiff here was an interested person at the time of the approval by the County Committee, it follows that the absence of her signature on