Guenther v. Dennis-Simmons Lumber Co.

PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in the court below brings this appeal here from the final decree of the judge of the District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, wherein it is decreed that the plaintiff is not the owner of certain lands referred to therein and that the defendant, Dennis-Simmons Lumber Company, is the owner in fee of such lands. The learned judge who tried this suit prepared an exhaustive and comprehensive opinion, in which he entered into an elaborate discussion of the different questions involved, reaching the conclusion that the defendant acquired title…