Morris v. Tate

The plaintiffs brought this action to remove a cloud upon the title to a small tract of land near Kitty Hawk, in Dare County, alleging that defendants wrongfully claim to he the owners.

The complaint sets up by metes and bounds the land in controversy, averring ownership and possession, and refers to a purported conveyance under which defendants claim. The defendants, answering, admit and reaffirm their claim to the tract of land described, and refer to the deed mentioned in the complaint as constituting the basis of the claim. Plaintiffs, replying, set up a deed executed prior to this…