Gates v. . McCormick
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN, tried before Ilarding, J., at June Term, 1918, of Scotland, upon this issue: Is plaintiff tbe owner of tbe lands described in complaint, or any part thereof; if so, what part? Answer: “No.” From tbe judgment rendered plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBkown, J.
Plaintiff claimed title under tbe McMillan grants and introduced evidence tending to locate said grants on tbe land in eontro-*641versy and connected himself with the grantee by mesne conveyances. The claim of title by adverse possession under color seems not to have been supported and to have been abandoned, as there is no reference to it in plaintiff’s brief. The defendants claimed title under two senior grants to John Gilchrist, one for 500 acres and the other for 448 acres. The controversy appears to have been as to the beginning corner of the 500-acre grant. It seems to have been admitted…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Nicholson v. Eureka Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
- Hall v. EatonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Plummer v. . BaskervilleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1840
- Burnett v. . ThompsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1852
- Perkins v. Brinkley.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
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