Bailliere v. Atlantic Shingle, Cooperage & Veneer Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN tried before Lyon, J., wbo found the facts, by consent, at December Term, 1908, of New Hanoveb. Plaintiffs claim title to a strip of land within the corporate limits of the city of Wilmington, beginning at low-water mark on the eastern shore of the Cape Fear River; A, running thence eastwardly 726 feet to the southern line of Front Street; B, thence northwardly along the line of said street 66 feet to C; thence westwardly 726 feet to the low-water mark of said river;…
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ActioN tried before Lyon, J., wbo found the facts, by consent, at December Term, 1908, of New Hanoveb. Plaintiffs claim title to a strip of land within the corporate limits of the city of Wilmington, beginning at low-water mark on the eastern shore of the Cape Fear River; A, running thence eastwardly 726 feet to the southern line of Front Street; B, thence northwardly along the line of said street 66 feet to C; thence westwardly 726 feet to the low-water mark of said river; D, thence the same course to the channel of the river; E, thence southerly 66 feet; F, thence westwardly to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Connor, J.,
after stating the case: Judgment was rendered, upon the pleadings, against the defendant city of Wilmington at a former term of the court, and exception duly noted. . The appeal by both defendants was argued at this term. i Before discussing the merits of the case it will be well to notice the distinction between this and several cases in our reports relied upon by the plaintiffs. In Boyden v. Achenbach, 79 N. C., 539, the plaintiff was seeking to establish a right to a private way. It is true that in the opinion something is said about the manner in which a public right of way…
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