RJR Technical Co. v. Pratt

MITCHELL, Chief Justice.

This case involves conflicting claims between plaintiff, RJR Technical Company (“RJR”), and the State of North Carolina to two adjacent tracts of submerged land lying beneath the navigable waters of the Albemarle Sound. The parties agree that the lands in dispute are described in two grants from the State — the “Black Walnut Farm” water grant and the “Avoca Farm” water grant — to William R. Capehart issued on 12 December 1892, and that RJR has the record chain of title thereto. The property was granted “together with all Woods, Waters, Mines, Minerals, Hereditaments,…