Clark v. . Moore
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Actiow for possession of land, tried before Bowman, J., at February Term, 1899, of the Superior Court of Beaií-i'okt County. Both parties claimed the land in controversy, which was a tingle acre, by mesne conveyances under Harmon Eason, the common source. The plaintiffs chain of title commenced with deed from Harmon Eason and wife to Nelson Morris, in 1872; the defendants’ claimed through the administrator of Ilarmon Eason, under a proceeding to sell land for assets.
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Civil Actiow for possession of land, tried before Bowman, J., at February Term, 1899, of the Superior Court of Beaií-i'okt County. Both parties claimed the land in controversy, which was a tingle acre, by mesne conveyances under Harmon Eason, the common source. The plaintiffs chain of title commenced with deed from Harmon Eason and wife to Nelson Morris, in 1872; the defendants’ claimed through the administrator of Ilarmon Eason, under a proceeding to sell land for assets. The deed from the administrator, J. L. James, to S. Fleming', was dated in 1880. The following is the description…
1Opinion of the CourtFurches, J.
This is an action for tbe possession of land, and, -while other matters were presented and discussed, tbe principal questions involved were, whether tbe description in plaintiff’s deed was sufficient to locate or authorize a location of tbe land in dispute, and whether the land bad been located. Tbe record is voluminous and is not printed, and, while it may be plain to those acquainted with it, it has given us much labor to understand it, and we hope we do: And, understanding it as we do, it presents to our minds but two real questions, and upon these we hold with the plaintiff.
Both plaintiff…
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