Hopkins v. Empire Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
íÍppeal by defendant from Lane, J., at Spring Term, 1912, Of CHEROKEE. Civil action. Tbe plaintiff recovered judgment, and the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
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Tbis action is brought to recover damages for trespass upon three tracts of land. These three tracts have definite points called for, which are sufficient, when proven, to locate the lands conveyed.
We think the evidence amply sufficient for that purpose, and that the matter is largely one of fact, and was properly submitted to the jury.
The plaintiff introduced three grants and connected himself with them, but, in deraigning his title, introduced a copy from the registration books of a deed from Lyman W. Gilbert to W. H. Peet, dated 1861, March 1st. There is no seal after the…
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- Strain v. Fitzgerald.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1902
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