Legal Opinion

Ward v. . Smith

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 5, 1943PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtStagy, C. J.

The plaintiff claims title to the locus in quo by adverse possession for twenty years. It is in evidence that he first entered upon the land in August, 1920; that he occupied it thereafter continuously, under known and visible lines and boundaries, making such use of it and taking suck profits eaeb year as it was susceptible and capable of yielding at tbe time. There is no pretense that tbe plaintiff bad any paper title to tbe land. Tbe trespass of wbicb tbe plaintiff complains occurred on 11 December, 1941, when tbe defendants entered upon tbe land and plowed up about three acres of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Locklear v. . SavageSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
  2. Godwin v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
  3. Lincoln v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1935
  4. Christman v. . HilliardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
  5. Shell v. . RosemanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Graham v. North Carolina Butane Gas Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1950
  2. Shugar v. GuillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
  3. State v. . ThompsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1946
  4. State v. BryantSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1959
  5. State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1946

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