Tucker v. . Satterthwaite
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Aotion oe trespass quare clausum fregit, tried before .Boykiu, J., and a jury, at March Term, 1896, of Pitt Superior Court, iuvolviug tbe title to laud described in tbe complaint as follows: “Lying on tbe Pea Branch Pocosin, beginning at a pine, slanding in tbe branch below tbe Bee Gum Island, and running with tbe middle of saicl branch, tbe courses thereof, to tbe line of tbe Thomas Jordan land (now owned by tbe plaintiff), and then with said line to a corner of tbe lands…
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Aotion oe trespass quare clausum fregit, tried before .Boykiu, J., and a jury, at March Term, 1896, of Pitt Superior Court, iuvolviug tbe title to laud described in tbe complaint as follows: “Lying on tbe Pea Branch Pocosin, beginning at a pine, slanding in tbe branch below tbe Bee Gum Island, and running with tbe middle of saicl branch, tbe courses thereof, to tbe line of tbe Thomas Jordan land (now owned by tbe plaintiff), and then with said line to a corner of tbe lands of the heirs of Thomas Little, and with their line out to tbe Pea Branch Pocosin, to Stephen Little line (now the…
1Opinion of the Court
Douglas, J.:
This is an action of trespass involving the title to the land in controversy, which depends upon the location of two grants. The real point in dispute seems to be whether the line constituting the northern boundary of the Smith grant and the southern boundary of the Brinkley grant, runs from “F,” an admitted corner, to “G” or to “IT,” as stated in the case on appeal. The merits of this case were ably and elaborately argued before this court, and we regret our inability to determine the matter, but we.cannot undertake to review a judgment based upon issues which utterly fail to…
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