Chatham v. . Lansford
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN ill ejectment, tried before Ferguson, J., and a jury, May Special Term, 1908, of Wmoss, for tbe recovery of a tract of land. At the close of the testimony, • upon an intimation from the Judge as to how he would charge the jury upon a matter vital to the plaintiffs’ cause of action, they submitted to a nonsuit and appealed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeowN, J.
The plaintiffs claim under a deed from Noah Brown to Clarey Bieknell, dated 5 February, 1869, and by descent from her. The defendant claims under a deed exe- exited by Larkin J. Bicknell to Noah Brown, dated 1G July, 1870. There is evidence tending to prove that Noah Brown went into possession of the land in controversy in 1870, under his deed from Larkin J. Bicknell, and remained in possession up to the time of his death, about 1886; that his widow then continued in possession, under .the will of Noah Brown, devising to her a life-estate, or an estate during her widowhood, up to the time of…
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