Holland v. . Smith

Civil action in ejectment.

After the pleadings had been filed, the parties agreed upon the facts and submitted the matter to the court for final determination and adjudication.

J. R. Blinson died in 1890 seized of a tract of land in Wake County, the subject of the present controversy. He left a will. The contest is among the heirs and next of kin of those named as devisees and the defendants in possession under a deed from the heirs of the testator.

From a judgment upholding the claim of the defendants in possession, the plaintiffs appeal, assigning errors. On the hearing the case was made to…