McCaskill v. . Walker
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN to recover possession of land, tried before Webb, J., and a jury, at April Term, 1907, of the Superior Court of RobesoN County. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s -evidence, upon motion of defendant, his Honor nonsuited the plaintiff, who appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtRrowN, J.
It is admitted that John Walker, Jr., ivas seized and possessed of the lands in controversy. The evidence shows that he conveyed the land by deed dated 2 J une, 1869, to Hector J. MacLean, under whom plaintiffs claim. The record evidence tends to prove that plaintiff McCaskill claims three-fourths of the land by purchase from the heirs of Hector J. MacLean, and the other fourth is claimed by plaintiff Lola Wright, the remaining heir at law of said MacLean. The defendants pleaded adverse possession and that Hector J. MacLean obtained the deed to the land from John Walker, Jr., by fraud, and…
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