Williams v. . Kivett
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN to recover possession of Land, fried at Fall Term, 1879, of Cumberland Superior Court, before Seymour, J. The facts material to the points decided are set out in the opinion of this court. Verdict for defendant, judgment, appeal by plaintiffs.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The plaintiffs’ claim title to the land in dispute under a grant from the state to James Campbell for four hundred acres, issued on the 14th day of May, 1800, and thence by successive mesne conveyances to themselves. The land is described in the grant as “adjoining the river and James Campbell’s survey, Alexander Campbell and Wm. Crawford’s, beginning on Little river batik, below his bridge on said river, thence south 35° east 187 chains; thence south 55° west 52 chains; thence north 35° west 64 chains to a stake; thence with his .own 300 acre survey north 55° east 42 chains to the third…
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