Boles v. Smith

This was' an action of ejectment, brought by Boles against the defendants in the Circuit Court of Overton. There, was judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiff appealed in error. The plaintiff claims under a grant issued to him for one thousand acres, dated 16th of October, 1887.

The defendants attempt to deraign their title, by a connected series of conveyances, under a grant from North Carolina to Donelson and Terrell, for forty thousand acres, issued the 4th of February, 1795, which covers the entire tract of 100 acres, embraced by the subsequentjgrant to the plaintiff. It is manifest,…