Ingram v. . Threadgill
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Trespass, for fishing in the plaintiff’s several fishery. Upon not guilty pleaded, the jury returned the following special verdict: “ That the plaintiff had title to, and was in posses- ‘ sion of a tract of land, bounded by the Pedee River— “ that the defendant had title to, and possession of a “ tract of land adjoining the plaintiff’s, immediately be- ; k low, and also bounded by the Pedee — that the defend- “ ant, at the time alleged by the plaintiff in his decla- “…
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Trespass, for fishing in the plaintiff’s several fishery. Upon not guilty pleaded, the jury returned the following special verdict: “ That the plaintiff had title to, and was in posses- ‘ sion of a tract of land, bounded by the Pedee River— “ that the defendant had title to, and possession of a “ tract of land adjoining the plaintiff’s, immediately be- ; k low, and also bounded by the Pedee — that the defend- “ ant, at the time alleged by the plaintiff in his decla- “ ration, drew his seine, and did fish with the seine in •£ the channel of the river, and between the channel an.d' ■“ the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hah., Judge.-
The act of 1715 (Rev. c. G) declares, that where a survey is to be made upon a navigable river or creek, the surveyor shall run a full mile in a direct course into the woods, and each opposite line shall run parallel with the other, if it can be admitted, for other people’s lines, or rivers or creeks. It is provided also, that not more than six hundred and forty acres shall be laid out in one tract. The act of 1777 (Rev. c. 114, s. 10) declares, that where any survey shall be made upon any navigable water, the water shall form one side of the survey. The same act provides the…
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