Den on the Demise of Caraway v. Chancy
Supreme Court of North Carolina
AotioN of Ejeothent, tried before Hioic, J., at the last Spring Terra of Beaufort Superior Court. The principal question in controversy, was the location of a deed from William Missell to Joseph Gainer, dated 28th of May, 1793, the calls of which, are as follows: “Beginning at a pine on the Little Pine Log, and running a straight course to the Great Pine Log; thence down the said Pine Log Branch to Joseph Gainers line, &c.”
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AotioN of Ejeothent, tried before Hioic, J., at the last Spring Terra of Beaufort Superior Court. The principal question in controversy, was the location of a deed from William Missell to Joseph Gainer, dated 28th of May, 1793, the calls of which, are as follows: “Beginning at a pine on the Little Pine Log, and running a straight course to the Great Pine Log; thence down the said Pine Log Branch to Joseph Gainers line, &c.” It was agreed that the letter I, in the annexed plat, was the beginning of the deed, and that the line I K, is the nearest straight course to the Great Pine Log Branch.…
1Opinion of the CourtRuffin, J.
The description in the deed from Missell to Gainer, is not complex, calling for several objects which, upon the evidence would carry the lines to different points, but it is simple and turns out to be consistent in all its parts. It “ begins at a pine on the Little Pine Log, and runs thence, a straight course to the Great Pine Log; thence down the said Pine Log to Joseph Gainer’s line; thence along his line to the Little Pine Log, thence up Little Pine Log to the first station.” It is admitted that the beginning pine stands at I, in the plat, and it appears by the plat that the line B, H, C,…
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