Bland v. Beasley.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by J. T. Bland and another against L. A. Beasley and others, heard by Judge W. B. Councill and a jury, at the September Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of Pendeb. The plaintiffs derive title by mesne conveyances under a grant from the State to William and James Hall, dated December 22, 1819. The question at issue* was one chiefly of boundary and depended to a great extent on the correct location of this grant.
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ActioN by J. T. Bland and another against L. A. Beasley and others, heard by Judge W. B. Councill and a jury, at the September Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of Pendeb. The plaintiffs derive title by mesne conveyances under a grant from the State to William and James Hall, dated December 22, 1819. The question at issue* was one chiefly of boundary and depended to a great extent on the correct location of this grant. The description was said to begin on “a pine, Abram Hall’s corner.” As an aid to the true location of this corner, the plaintiffs put in evidence a grant to Abram Hall, dated…
1Opinion of the Court
Hoke, J.,
after stating the case: The correct placing of the Halsey line was a fact pertinent to the issue, but if the plaintiffs considered this material to the case, they should have established it by proper testimony. It is contended by the plaintiffs that common reputation is admissible on questions of boundary, that the testimony above set out is of that character, and the rulings of the court concerning it can be sustained on that ground. It is true that evidence of both hearsay and common reputation is received with us in cases of disputed private boundary, but this is an exception to…
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