Legal Opinion

Safret v. . Hartman

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 5, 1857PublishedCited by 7 opinions

AotioN of ejeCTMent, tried before Caldwell, J., at the Special Term (December, 1857,) of Rowan Superior Court. The lessor of the plaintiff and the defendant, both, claimed title under George M. Hartman; the former by a deed to James Bean, dated 5th of February, 1850, and from Bean to plaintiff’s lessor by deed, dated 21st of January, 1852. The defendant’s deed was dated in 1845. The land in controversy is contained in the parallelogram B C I J. The two tracts of land…

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AotioN of ejeCTMent, tried before Caldwell, J., at the Special Term (December, 1857,) of Rowan Superior Court. The lessor of the plaintiff and the defendant, both, claimed title under George M. Hartman; the former by a deed to James Bean, dated 5th of February, 1850, and from Bean to plaintiff’s lessor by deed, dated 21st of January, 1852. The defendant’s deed was dated in 1845. The land in controversy is contained in the parallelogram B C I J. The two tracts of land comprised in the deeds of the plaintiff and defendant, originally constituted but one tract, which was owned by George M.…

1Opinion of the CourtPearson, J.

George M. Hartman, for the purpose of dividing a tract of land between two of his sons, in tire morning of the day on which he executed the deed in question, caused a survey to be made, in pursuance of which, a black-oak was marked as a corner, at one end of the dividing line; trees along the line were then marked, and a stone was set up with “ pointers around” at the other end; afterwards the deed was executed. Its calls are, “ beginning at a post-oak, one of the old corners, south with Smith’s line 145 poles to a stone, and -(a blank) a new corner, east, 110 poles, to a stone on the old…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Elliott v. Jefferson.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
  2. Fincannon v. Sudderth.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  3. Dudley v. . JeffressSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1919
  4. Lance v. . RumboughSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
  5. Millikin v. . SessomsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1917

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