State v. Brooks

This Court being of the opinion that the subject matter of the appeal, the acquiring of title to marshlands within the State by-alleged adverse possession for thirty years, has significant public interest as set forth below, issued a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals.

This is said in 46 N.C.L.Rev. 779:

“The vast estuarine areas of North Carolina — ‘those coastal-complexes where fresh water from the land meets the salt water of the sea with a daily tidal flux’ — are exceeded in total area only by those of Alaska and Louisiana. Estuarine areas include bays, sounds, harbors, lagoons,…