Wilson Wood & Lumber Co. v. Hinton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendants from Carter, J., at November Term, 1914, of Camdew. Civil action of trespass to realty, involving also the right to an injunction, tried on an issue as to title.
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Appeal by defendants from Carter, J., at November Term, 1914, of Camdew. Civil action of trespass to realty, involving also the right to an injunction, tried on an issue as to title. Plaintiff claimed and offered evi- dence tending to show title to a tract of land on Pasquotank River, known as the Horseshoe tract, and which, according to the deeds in evidence, called for a beginning point at A, on the Pasquotank River, and ran thence in a northerly and northwesterly direction to the point K, as shown on the annexed plat; thence to L, M, N, 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, to 7 on the river; thence with the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hoke, J.,
after stating the facts as above: Objection is made to the validity of the trial chiefly on account of two rulings of the court on questions of evidence, appellant excepting: (1) That on the examination of the witness T. C. Jones, the declarations of a deceased witness, Miles Edney, were received in evidence as to the location of part of plaintiff’s boundary, along the line 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, in terms as follows:
“Q. Did Edney point out the lines of the Hintons from Gale’s Eun? (Objection. Overruled. First exception.) A. Yes, sir.
“Q. What did he point to you as the line; what did he…
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