Collins v. . Swanson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN for the recovery of laud, tried before Tim-berlalr, J., and a jury, at April Term, 1897, of FiiaNKLIN Superior Court. Upon an intimation by ITis Honor that the plaintiffs could not, on their own testimony recover, they submitted to a non-suit and appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Douglas, J.:
This is an action in the nature of ejectment brought by the plaintiffs appellant, as heirs-at-law of Munford Collins, to recover certain lands in the alleged pos session of the defendant. The defendant in his answer, denies the material allegations of the complaint, and pleads the Statute of Limitations, as having been in quiet and uninterrupted possession for more than twenty years under known and visible boundaries. In his amended answer he further says, “that in 1863, J. R. Swanson, the father of the defendant, and who has since died intestate, purchased the land in controversy…
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