Midgett v. Midgett.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by W. W. Midgett against J. D. Midgett, beard by Judge Thos. A. McNeill and a jury, at Fall Term, 1900, of I)ARE County Superior Court. From a judgment for tbe plaintiff, tbe defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Furches, O. J.
Tbis is a proceeding commenced before tbe Clerk of Dare Superior Court, under Chapter 22, Laws 1893. Tbis act seems to have been intended as a substitute for tbe old processioning act, and it bas been so many times beld by tbis Court that it settles nothing as to title, that we are somewhat surprised to see that it should 'have been used in tbis proceeding instead of a civil action. Vandyke v. Farris, 126 N. C., 744; Williams v. Hughes, 124 N. C., 3; Wilson v. Alleghany Co., 124 N. C., 7.
But besides this, it appears to us from tbe case on appeal, tbe map exhibited (which tbe…
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