Duckett v. Harrison

In order for tenants in common to perfect title to tbe respective shares of land allotted to them by parol, it is necessary for them to go into possession of tbeir respective shares in accordance with tbe agreement and to bold possession thereof under known and visible boundaries, consisting of lines plainly marked on tbe ground at tbe time of tbe partition, and to continue in possession openly, notoriously and adversely for twenty years. Rhea v. Craig, 141 N.C. 602, 54 S.E. 408; Collier v. Paper Corp., 172 N.C. 74, 89 S.E. 1006; Lewis v. Lewis, 192 N.C. 267, 134 S.E. 486.

However, if prior to…