Turner v. Commissioners of Hillsboro
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN by C. I), and D. Turner, trustees of T. D. Turner, against tbe Board of Commissioners of Hillsboro, beard by Judge Frederick Moore and a jury, at Spring Term, 1900, of OraNGe Superior Court. From judgment for plaintiff, tbe defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClare, J.
Tbis is an action for damages for trespass in entering upon plaintiffs’ premises to open up streets. Tbe defendants claimed that tbe locus in quo was part of tbe commons originally conveyed to tbe town in trust, and that tbe plaintiffs, who did not show any paper title from the town, were not protected by any duration of adverse possession. It was in evidence that September 9, 1754, William Churton conveyed 0.53 acres to Francis Corbin, reserving the 400 acres on which the town of Orange had theretofore been laid out. For a few years the town was known as “Corbinton” or “Corbin New Town.” On…
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