McCormick v. Smith

This is an action to determine the ownership of a tract of land in Robeson County containing 178.5 acres. The complaint alleges plaintiff is the owner of a tract of land described both by metes and bounds and by the abutting landowners containing 539 acres, and defendants’ possession of a portion of said lands. A court survey was *426ordered. After this survey was made, defendants filed answer denying plaintiff’s ownership, admitting their possession, and asserting their ownership of the land in dispute as surveyed by the court surveyor.

The cause was referred. The referee, after hearings, made a…