United States v. Hiawassee Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina, at Asheville; Jas. E. Boyd, Judge. Action at law by the United States against the Hiawassee Lumber Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina, at Asheville; Jas. E. Boyd, Judge. Action at law by the United States against the Hiawassee Lumber Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the United States against the Hiawassee Dumber Company, in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina, to recover 5,000 acres of land embraced in grant No. 3,110, situate in Clay county, N. C., as set out in the complaint. The plaintiff alleges its ownership…
1Opinion of the CourtPritchard, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). In the determination of the questions involved in this controversy, the plaintiff in error will be referred to as the plaintiff and the defendant in error as the defendant, inasmuch as the parties sustain the same relation in this court that they did in the court below.
It is contended by the defendant that grant No. 3,110, which embraces the 5,000 acres involved in this controversy, is invalid on account of certain irregularities as respects the entry, survey, etc. It was admitted in the court below that the 16 grants, under which the defendant claims,…
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- Collins v. Davis.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Todd, Schenck & Co. v. OutlawSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1878
- Quinnerly v. . QuinnerlySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
- Robinson v. WilloughbySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1874
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