McNeely v. . Laxton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
AcxiON tried before Peebles, J., and a jury, August Term, 1901, of BueKe. r This action was brought to recover the possession of -one thousand acres of land, and damages for the detention. The real controversy is as to the true location of the land described in a grant to Jacob Anthony. This grant was intro duped by the plaintiffs to show title out of the State, and they claimed that by virtue of a deed of Margaret Erwin to their ancestor, II.
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AcxiON tried before Peebles, J., and a jury, August Term, 1901, of BueKe. r This action was brought to recover the possession of -one thousand acres of land, and damages for the detention. The real controversy is as to the true location of the land described in a grant to Jacob Anthony. This grant was intro duped by the plaintiffs to show title out of the State, and they claimed that by virtue of a deed of Margaret Erwin to their ancestor, II. C. Tate, and seven years’ adverse possession, they had acquired title to the land covered by the Anthony grant and the said deed. It is sufficient to…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the ease: The plaintiffs, for the purpose of establishing the boundaries of the land claimed by them, introduced as a witness J. T. Perkins, who testified that there is a forked branch on the land of H. C. Taté (under whom plaintiffs claim), and that he had heard the upper prong called “Shingle Branch.” The defendants objected to this testimony but it was admitted. One of the calls in the grant to Anthony and in the deed of Margaret Erwin to H. 0. Tate was for Shingle Branch. What the witness said was some evidence of the true name of the branch. In Willis v. Quinby,…
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- Doe on Demise of Cooper v. WhiteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1854
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