Duncan and Mills v. Blair

delivered the following opinion.

This was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, commenced by John Blair against Duncan and Mils ; upon the trial in the circuit court, they wished to prove a title to the land (on which the trespass was supposed to have been committed) in Robison, under whom they claimed a right to do the acts complained of. With a view to establish the title, they offered in evidence a copy of Robison’s grant from the register’s office, a copy of the same grant from the secretary’s office of North Carolina, a copy of the warrant on which the grant issued, a copy of the…