Bealmear v. Hutchins

BOYD, District Judge.

This is an action of ejectment, brought by the plaintiff, who seeks thereby to recover two tracts of land, each containing 640 acres, alleging that he is the owner and entitled to the immediate possession thereof, and that the defendants are in wrongful possession. Defendants in their answer deny plaintiff’s title. The lands are now located in Swain county, N. C., but at the time of the entries and grants hereinafter mentioned they were located in Jackson county, N. C.; Swain being a new county, since erected from part of the said county of Jackson. The issues which arise…