Legal Opinion

Mayberry v. . Mayberry

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 5, 1897PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Civil action to recover land, tried before Greene, J, and a jury, at Spring Term, 1897, of Wilkes Superior Court. There was a verdict for the plaintiff and from the judgment thereon defendants appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

Faircloth, C. J.:

'This is an action for the possession of land. The defendants pleaded in bar of the action an arbitration and award between the same parties touching the same subject matter. The controversy involved the boundary line between the parties, and that turned upon the question whether the corner was a hickory or ' a post oak. The evidence was that the arbitrators examined every witness tendered and received every deed offered by either party, both parties being present at the hearing. The award made in 1889 was “that said arbitrators did settle and locate the line in dispute, and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Henry v. . HilliardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
  2. Patton v. GarrettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
  3. Scott v. . GreenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1883
  4. King v. Falls of Neuse Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1878
  5. Blossom v. . Van Amringe and OthersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1868

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Hatcher v. Dabbs.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
  2. Patton v. . GarrettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
  3. T. W. Poe & Sons, Inc. v. University of North CarolinaSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
  4. In Re the Administration of the Estate of ReynoldsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
  5. J. N. Coe & Co. v. First Realty & Loan Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1929

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