Perkins v. . Presnell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Ciyil ACTION — ejectment—tried before MacRae, J., at Spring Term, 1887, of Bukke Superior Court. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants appealed. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The action is prosecuted by the plaintiffs to recover possession of the rectangular tract of land described in the complaint, and withheld by the defendants, the title to which is brought into controversy in the pleadings, and the only issues submitted to the jury were:
1. Are the plaintiffs the owners and entitled to the land mentioned in the complaint ? The response being in the affirmative.
2. What damages, if any, have the plaintiffs sustained ? The answer returned: One penny.
On the trial the plaintiffs produced in evidence a grant for 100 acres, issued in 1803, to Benjamin White; a deed…
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