Saluda Land & Lumber Co. v. Fortner

(dissenting) : I think that the motion of the plaintiff for a directed verdict in its favor should have been granted upon either or both of the following grounds:

1. That no other reasonable inference can be drawn from the evidence than that the plaintiff has completed its chain of title without the absence of a single link back to the grant from the State to Townes in 1831, and has shown at least presumed possession of the property all along the line from that time to the present; the defendants rely upon a grant from the State in 1926, nearly 100 years later than the Townes grant.

I do not…