State Board of Education v. Roanoke Railroad & Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Cline, J., at Fall Term, 1911, of WASHINGTON. Tbe facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court by Mr. Chief Justice Ciarle.
1Opinion of the Court
Clakk, 0. J.
-Revisal, 1693 (3), withdraws from being granted by the State all “marsh or swamp land, where the quantity of land in any one marsh or swamp exceeds 2,000 acres, or where, if of less quantity, the same has been surveyed by the State, or by the State Board of Education, with a view to draining and reclaiming the same.” This is an action to declare void certain grants embracing land which it is claimed came within the terms of the above section, and also to recover damages for timber cut by defendants on said land. The plaintiff did not ask to recover damages for timber cut more…
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