Boomer v. . Gibbs
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actiox for title and possession of land, tried at the Fall Term, 1892, of the Superior Court of ILydk County, before Hoke, J. The plaintiffs deraigned title through— First, grant to William Watson, dated October 2, 1817; second, will of William Watson devising one-half of the land covered by the patent each to his sons, Augustus and James M. Watson; third, deeds of James M. Watson to plaintiff, W. W. Boomer, dated February, 1873, and of Augustus Watson to plaintiff,…
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Civil actiox for title and possession of land, tried at the Fall Term, 1892, of the Superior Court of ILydk County, before Hoke, J. The plaintiffs deraigned title through— First, grant to William Watson, dated October 2, 1817; second, will of William Watson devising one-half of the land covered by the patent each to his sons, Augustus and James M. Watson; third, deeds of James M. Watson to plaintiff, W. W. Boomer, dated February, 1873, and of Augustus Watson to plaintiff, Riley Murray, dated August, 1852, conveying their respective interests in the land embraced within the limits of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Avicry, J.:
The land in controversy is included within the lines indicated on the map by the letters and figures 8, I, 1), C, B to 8, and the first question íaised by the testimony was whether the limits of the John Gray Blount patent extended north to V and then ran south 82 east so as to include the locus in quo, or no further north than A, so that the next line would run south of it to B. The call of the patent which gave rise to the dispute was, “ Then with the same (English’s ditch just previously mentioned as the terminus of the line running west 220 poles) and the road northwardly seven…
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