Gilbert v. Waccamaw Shingle Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Allen, J., at August Term, 1914, of BbüNS-wick. Civil action. Plaintiff, tbe owner of certain land, sued tbe defendant company for wrongfully cutting timber on bis property. Defendant showed a line of deeds purporting to convey to him tbe timber of certain dimensions on tbe land and claimed tbe right to cut and remove tbe timber at any time within twenty years from tbe date of tbe deeds.
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Appeal by plaintiff from Allen, J., at August Term, 1914, of BbüNS-wick. Civil action. Plaintiff, tbe owner of certain land, sued tbe defendant company for wrongfully cutting timber on bis property. Defendant showed a line of deeds purporting to convey to him tbe timber of certain dimensions on tbe land and claimed tbe right to cut and remove tbe timber at any time within twenty years from tbe date of tbe deeds. It was agreed that tbe matters in controversy, in so far as determined, were properly made to depend on tbe correct interpretation of tbe first deed conveying tbe timber, same being a…
1ConcurrenceWalker, J.
Civil action. Plaintiff, the owner of certain land, sued the defendant company for wrongfully cutting timber on his property.
Defendant showed a line of deeds purporting to convey to him the timber of certain dimensions on the land and claimed the right to cut and remove the timber at any time within twenty years from the date of the deeds.
It was agreed that the matters in controversy, in so far as determined, were properly made to depend on the correct interpretation of the first deed conveying the timber, same being a deed from W. T. and Anna A. Gilbert to R. W. Gibson, bearing date March,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Walker v. . VentersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
- Bateman v. Kramer Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
- Kearney v. . VannSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
- Hornthal v. . HowcottSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
- Davis v. FrazierSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
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- State Ex Rel. Corporation Commission v. Cannon Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
- Newbern v. . HintonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
- Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. v. BurgessSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
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