McDaris v. Breit Bar" T" Corporation

This is an action in ejectment, instituted 18 October 1963. Defendants appeal from judgment, conforming to the jury’s verdict, declaring plaintiffs the owners and entitled to the possession of the land described in the complaint.

Plaintiffs’ claim of ownership is based on adverse possession “under known and visible lines and boundaries and under color of title, for seven years.” G.S. 1-38; Mobley v. Griffin, 104 N.C. 112, 10 S.E. 142. For color of title plaintiffs rely on a deed from the Board of Tax Supervision of Buncombe County, executed and recorded 29 August 1946. The deed recites: “The…