Guenther v. Dennis-Simmons Lumber Co.
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
In Equity. Suit by Emil Guenther against the Dennis-Simmons Lumber Company. Decree for complainant in part and for defendant in part.
1Opinion of the Court
CONNOR, District Judge.
Plaintiff claims title to a large body of timber lands lying in Martin county and surrounded by Roanoke river, and a creek called Devil’s Gut. The island formed, in this way, is known and referred to in deeds and grants as “Devil’s Gut Swamp or Pocosin.” It is low, swampy land, incapable of drainage and chiefly valuable for the timber trees growing upon it. The controversy embraces several tracts. It will be convenient to follow the course pursued by counsel in their briefs, dealing with the tracts separately.
Tract No. 1.
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