Marshall v. Corbett.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
AotioN by John B. Marshall against George W. Corbett, heard by Judge G. S. Ferguson and a jury, at the January Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of Pendee County. The plaintiff brings his civil action pursuant to the .provisions of chapter 6 of the Laws of 1893, for the purpose of quieting title. He alleges that he is the owner and in the possession of the locus in quo; that defendant claims title thereto adverse to him, etc.
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AotioN by John B. Marshall against George W. Corbett, heard by Judge G. S. Ferguson and a jury, at the January Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of Pendee County. The plaintiff brings his civil action pursuant to the .provisions of chapter 6 of the Laws of 1893, for the purpose of quieting title. He alleges that he is the owner and in the possession of the locus in quo; that defendant claims title thereto adverse to him, etc. Defendant denies plaintiff’s ownership and avers that he is the owner. Eor the purpose of showing title the plaintiff introduced a deed duly registered, from W. A. Lamb…
1Opinion of the Court
Connor, J.,
after stating the facts. We were not favored with a brief or argument in behalf of the defendant and are not quite sure we understand upon what ground his Honor excluded the abstracts of grants offered by the plaintiff. They appear to be in the usual form and duly certified. The only statement in the record is that in the opinion of the Court they were not grants and not sufficient to take title out of the State. The abstracts are in exactly the same form as the one which was held by this Court to be competent in McLenan v. Chisholm, 64 N. C., 323. Pearson, C. J., says: “From the…
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