Cochran v. Linville Improvement Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civtl ActioN by Arthur E. Cocbran, Sallie Eiche, J. C. Hamilton and wife Carrie, Eloise Jones and J. D. Jones, E. M. Oaruth, IT. M. McGinsey, J ames Cochran, and Willie Lou Cochran, the two last suing by their next friend Arthur E. Cochran, against The Linville Improvement Company, S. T. Kelsey, O. H. Nimson, heard by Judge 0. PL. Allen, at August Term, 1899, of McDowell Superior Court.
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Civtl ActioN by Arthur E. Cocbran, Sallie Eiche, J. C. Hamilton and wife Carrie, Eloise Jones and J. D. Jones, E. M. Oaruth, IT. M. McGinsey, J ames Cochran, and Willie Lou Cochran, the two last suing by their next friend Arthur E. Cochran, against The Linville Improvement Company, S. T. Kelsey, O. H. Nimson, heard by Judge 0. PL. Allen, at August Term, 1899, of McDowell Superior Court. From a judgment in favor of defendants, entered on the report of the referee, both parties appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtFueches, J.
On the 14th day of July, 1795, the State of North Carolina granted to William Tate and William Cochran 100,640 acres of land, lying and being in the county of Burko. The plaintiffs are heirs-at-law of William Cochran, and claim under this grant, of July 14, 1795. The defendants admit that they are in possession of a part of the land covered by the grant to Tate and Cochran, but deny that, plaintiffs are the owners of said land, or that they are entitled to possession of same, or any part thereof. The defendants say that plaintiffs acquired and took no title under said grant, for the want of…
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