Day v. Godwin

The consolidated judgment dismissed the plaintiff’s three actions because of his failure to prove title to any of the lands described in his pleadings. In actions involving land, a denial places upon the claimant the burden of establishing his title by one of the methods recognized by law. Mobley v. Griffin, 104 N.C. 112, 10 S.E. 142; Paper Co. v. Cedar Works, 239 N.C. 627, 80 S.E. 2d 665; Meeker v. Wheeler, 236 N.C. 172, 72 S.E. 2d 214; Keen v Parker, 217 N.C. 378, 8 S.E. 2d 209.

In these cases the plaintiff stipulated that his title had its source in Grant No. 732 for 78,115 acres issued by…