Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Eversole Lumber Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 27, 1907PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Civil actioN, tried before McNeal, J., and a jury, at March Term, 1906, of tbe Superior Court of SwaiN County. Erom a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appealed. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.

Action for damages for cutting and removal of timber trees from two tracts of land described in tbe complaint. Tbe plaintiffs derive title by mesne eonveyañces from J. T. Poster, to whom State grants ISO and 151, issued 20 April, 1855, for 640 acres each, upon entries made by bim 5 November, 1853, and surveyed April, 1854. These grants were registered 27 June, 1856.

Tbe defendant derives title by mesne conveyances from Allison & Welch, under State grant 408, for 5,000 acres (embracing tbe locus in quo), issued 26 December, 1851, upon an entry made 23 March, 1853, and surveyed 17 and 18…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Wilson v. Western North Carolina Land Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1877
  2. Janney v. Blackwell.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  3. McAden v. PalmerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  4. Wilson v. Cotton Mills.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  5. Ritchie v. Fowler.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Lynch v. JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
  2. Johnson v. Eversole Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
  3. Lynch v. . JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
  4. Suwa v. JohnsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1921
  5. Phillips v. Buchanan Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1909

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