Price v. . Jackson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Ejectment tried at Spring Term, 1883, of Perquimans Superior Court, before Shepherd, J. Judgment for defendant; appeal by plaintiffs.
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
The land in controversy was the western half of a tract called the “ Will Morris land.”
The plaintiffs in support of their title, relied upon the presumption of a grant from the state arising from a possession of thirty years, and offered in evidence the following deeds:
1. A deed from John Mitchell to Will Morris, dated Jan. 23, 1820, conveying a tract of land containing 118 acres.
2. A deed from J. W. Albertson, dated August 20, 1852, to R. F. Overman, conveying 12 acres of the Will Morris tract, being the one-tenth said land.
3. A deed from Ed. Morris to R. F. Overman, dated January 11, 1853,…
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