Grandin v. . Triplett
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN of trespass, involving also the issue of title, tried before Lane, J., and a jury, at Fall Term, 1916, of Watauga. The two' actions, presenting and dependent, practically, upon the same facts and conditions, the lands being contiguous and same map being used as to location, etc., were consolidated below and tried together by consent of parties. There was verdict for defendant, and plaintiffs excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Pee. CueiaM.
We have carefully examined the record, and find no reversible error in the trial and disposition of these oases.
The plaintiff company exhibited a proper pajier title by grant from the State and mesne conveyances, the former bearing date in 1882, and the individual, also, his grant bearing date in-1872.
Defendant relied upon adverse possession maintained by his father, William Triplett, Sr., and after by himself for the required period, and, in support of such claim, introduced and relied in part upon a deed purporting to have been made by his father to himself, and occupation…
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