State v. . Pollok
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Onslow County at the Spring Term, 1844, his Honor Judge Manly presiding. This was an indictment for a forcible trespass at common law.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Onslow County at the Spring Term, 1844, his Honor Judge Manly presiding. This was an indictment for a forcible trespass at common law. It appeared on the trial, that the land, on which the forcible trespass was alleged to be committed, had been in dispute between the prosecutor, Watson, and the father of the defendant for some years ; that their lands adjoined each other; that it was finally referred to arbitrators to decide between them, and that these arbitrators decided the question in favor of Watson, the prosecutor; that this award was made under…
1Opinion of the CourtDaniel, J.
This is an indictment at common law for a forcible entry. First, the defendant contended, that the prosecutor never had such a possession of the locus in quo, as could be violated by a forcible entry. The defendant’s father (under whom we must take it he acted) wa's in the year 1841 in the quiet possession of this land, and cultivated the pine trees thereon in extracting turpentine from them. A dispute as to the title or boundary of this land having arisen between the prosecutor and the defendant’s father, they submitted it by rule of Court to arbitration. The arbitrators awarded the land to…
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