West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. v. Richmond Cedar Works

The answering defendant asserts by his assignments of error that the proceedings hitherto had in this cause are not sufficient to establish the petitioner’s title to the land sought to be registered, or to warrant quieting the petitioner’s alleged title to such land as against his claim. This position is untenable.

When the answering defendant filed his answer, he put the petitioner’s application for registration in contest. Contested proceedings for the registration of land titles under the Torrens Law are triable in the mode prescribed by subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of G.S. 43-11.

These…