R. R. v. . Ahoskie

On 29 May, 1890, Dr. Jesse H. Mitchell and others conveyed to Norfolk and Carolina Railway Company, a certain piece of land in the town of Ahoskie, containing one and a half acres. The deed was duly recorded on 26 June, 1890, in the register of deeds office for Hertford County, N.C. The plaintiff contends that it owns the said land described in said deed as successor in title. The deed recites: "That the said parties of the first part, in consideration of the benefit to them of the location by said company of a depot at Ahoskie, and also the reconveyance to them of the land that has been used…