Brown v. . Hutchinson

This was an action brought originally before the clerk under the Processioning Act (Rev., sec. 326) to establish a boundary line. The issue of title being raised by the answer, the cause was properly transferred for trial to the Superior Court at term. Smith v. Johnson, 137 N.C. 43; Stanaland v. Rabon, 140 N.C. 202; Davis v. Wall, 142 N.C. 452;Woody v. Fountain, 143 N.C. 69; Green v. Williams, 144 N.C. 63.

The first exception is that the judge refused to permit the plaintiff to introduce in evidence a deed from Absher to Brown, executed in December, 1859, as a part of the plaintiff's chain of…