Scott v. . Elkins
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action to recover laud, tried at Fall Term, 1879, of Buncombe Superior Court, before Graves, J. ■ The defendants appealed from the judgment of the court below.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The plaintiffs derive title to the land in dispute under a grant from the state issued April 12th, 1798, to William Neel and Joseph Dobson, a deed from the last named grantee made December 8th, 1803, to John Temple-' ton, and a conveyance dated November 2nd, 1807, from him to William Scott, the ancestor of the plaintiffs. The deeds purport to convey not a moiety, but a sole and absolute estate in fee in the land. William Scott died in 1842, intestate, and the plaintiffs are his heirs at law.
In 1834, William Scott leased a portion of the premises to John Wilson, who entered into and held…
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