Gregory v. . Forbes
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ACTION, tried before Shepherd, Judge, and a jury, at Fall Term, 1885, of Currituck Superior Court. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is the owner of a tract of land lying on the waters of North River, in Curri-tuck county, therein described, and that he has taken out a grant of the land adjacent thereto covered by said waters, for the purpose of erecting a wharf connecting with the shore, under the provisions of §2751 of The Code.
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Civil ACTION, tried before Shepherd, Judge, and a jury, at Fall Term, 1885, of Currituck Superior Court. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is the owner of a tract of land lying on the waters of North River, in Curri-tuck county, therein described, and that he has taken out a grant of the land adjacent thereto covered by said waters, for the purpose of erecting a wharf connecting with the shore, under the provisions of §2751 of The Code. It avers that the defendant has erected and is using a wharf on the land ■ embraced in the grant, and refuses to surrender the premises to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J.,
(after stating the facts). The record does not point out specially the defects in the proof upon which the opinion is predicated, so as to limit our inquiries to the supposed insufficiency, and we are required to explore the whole of the voluminous evidence, documentary and oral, which comes up on the appeal, to find wherein the insufficiency •consists.
The documentary proofs adduced in support of the plaintiff’s title, were as follows:
I. A deed from Solomon Ashbee, administrator of Thomas Griggs, made in pursuance of proceedings to convert land into assets, on November 29th,…
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