Riddle v. Town of Germanton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
AotioN of ejectment, tried at Pali Term, 1895, of Stokes Superior Court, before Bryan, J., and a jury. There was verdict for the defendant, and from the judgment thereon plaintiffs appealed. The facts appear in the opinion of Chief Justice Haircloth.
1Opinion of the Court
Faircloth, C J.:
The plaintiff brought this action for possession of a lot of land, 20 by 314 feet, in the defendant town, which was covered by a street, with the usual allegations of title and wrongful holding by the defendant.
These allegations were denied, and the defendant further averred that the loons had been dedicated to the town as a street in 1885 by the plaintiff’s grantor, who conveyed to plaintiff in 1888, the street then being laid out and in use by the town and the public. The issue submitted without objection was whether the lot in controversy had been dedicated to the use 'of…
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