Blount v. Benbury.
Superior Court of North Carolina
uT’HE plaintiff offered a copy of a grant from the Secretary’s office : it was not signed by the Governor.
1Opinion
The act of limitations would make a title for the defendant, if the deed extended to the marked line; but I am of opinion it extended no further than to J. Blount's line, wherever that was. The demarcation is not an ascertainment of the line, which he meant as James Blount's line, called for in the deed; and of course the defendant has no color of title to the land in dispute. Also, though the patent calls for Beasley's line, and the patentee's old line, S. 85 E. for one boundary, still the jury may consider Beasley's line the boundary, so far as it goes; and then the marked line, which is 51…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cherry v. Slade's AdministratorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1819
- Dobson v. . WhisenhantSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
- Brown v. . CraigSuperior Court of North Carolina · 1796
- Gilky v. . DickersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1823