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Jones v. United States

District Court, E.D. North Carolina

Decided December 27, 1954No. Civ. 411PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GILLIAM, District Judge.

Plaintiffs’ original pleading was a petition for partition in which they allege that they are the owners of a two-thirds undivided interest in a 150-acre tract of land in Carteret County, North Carolina, and that the United States owns a one-third undivided interest as part of the Croatan National Forest. The prayer is for an actual partition of the tract of land.

When the United States filed a motion for summary judgment, plaintiffs filed an amendment to their pleading, changing the title from petition to complaint, alleging the same facts as the original petition,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. United States v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  3. United States v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  4. Jacobs v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  5. Carnahan v. NierstheimerSupreme Court of the United States · 1945

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Lloyd R. Stubbs, Individually and as Administrator of the Estates of John R. Stubbs and Mary E. Stubbs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
  2. Carl W. Stone, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
  3. Larsen v. HoffmanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1977
  4. In Re Green River Drainage AreaDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1956
  5. United States v. DrinkwaterDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1977

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