Sessoms v. McDonald
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtParser, J.
Tbe sole question presented for decision is whether there was sufficient evidence to carry tbe case to tbe jury that tbe plaintiffs have ripened title to Lot 51 by twenty years adverse possession under known and visible lines and boundaries. G.S. 1-40; Johnson v. Fry, 195 N.C. 832, 143 S.E. 857. There is no evidence that anyone was under any disability.
Tbe State not being a party to the action, tbe title is conclusively presumed to be out of tbe State. G.S. 1-36.
One issue was submitted to tbe jury: “Are tbe plaintiffs tbe owners and entitled to possession of tbe property described in tbe…
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