Archibald v. . Davis
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an actioN of tRespass q. c. f., tried before Manly, J., at the last Beaufort Superior Court, in which the plaintiffs claimed title to the locus in qyio, through a grant from Chas. Eden, Chris. Cale, Era. Foster, Nath. Chevin and Wm.
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This was an actioN of tRespass q. c. f., tried before Manly, J., at the last Beaufort Superior Court, in which the plaintiffs claimed title to the locus in qyio, through a grant from Chas. Eden, Chris. Cale, Era. Foster, Nath. Chevin and Wm. Reed, to Tobias Knight, for 345 acres, dated 9th day of September, 1716, a copy of which was produced and certified by the Secretary of State to be “ a true copy of the record of a grant taken from a book in this office on the back of which copy is this entry — ■“ Registered in the register’s office of Beaufort County, in book no. 29, page 45,” — (signed…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
On the trial, several objections were made by the defendant, which are set out in his bill of exceptions, and' which we will proceed to consider.
1. The defendant objected to the introduction by the plaintiff of a grant from Charles Eden, Christopher Gale, and others, to Tobias Knight, for three hundred and forty-five acres of land, lying in the precinct of Hyde, (now part of the County of Beaufort,) made on the 9th of September, A. D., 1716. A copy of this grant has been obtained from the Secretary of State, in whose office it was found deposited, and had been recently registered in the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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