Alsworth v. Richmond Cedar Works

Civil ACTION for tbe recovery of land and for damages for trespassing thereon, tried before Bond, J., at February Term, 1916, of Pasquotahk. Plaintiffs claimed the land under color of title and adverse possession, tbe court having ruled tbat two of tbe deeds necessary to establish a documentary title from tbe State by grant and mesne conveyances were invalid and, therefore, tbe chain of title was broken at tbat point by tbe insufficiency of these links to connect their title with tbat of tbe State. In order to show tbat tbe title was out of tbe State, plaintiffs introduced in evidence a grant…