Legal Opinion
Parish v. East Coast Cedar Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided November 24, 1903PublishedCited by 14 opinions
ActioN by J. S. Parish against the East Coast Cedar Company and others, heard by Judge Frederick Moore at November Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Dabe County. From a judgment for the defendant the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
In this cause, a jury trial being waived, the following facts are found by the Court:
“1. Before the bringing of this action the State Board of Education, for value, executed and delivered to plaintiff a deed conveying in fee-simple to plaintiff the tract of land described in the complaint, said deed being properly probated and registered before this action was started in the county in which said land is situated.
“2. That all of said land is swamp land, containing more than two thousand acres in that body, and plaintiff has no source of title to it except by virtue of said deed.
“3. That after…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Henderson v. Mayor of the City of New York Commissioners of Immigration v. North German LloydSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Simon v. CraftSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- State v. SponaugleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898
- Phelps v. Chesson.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1851
- Eastern Land, Lumber & Manufacturing Co. v. State Board of EducationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. BallanceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
- State v. . BallanceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
- Eason v. SpenceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1950
- Gunter v. Town of SanfordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
- Yancey v. North Carolina State Highway & Public Works CommissionSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
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