Riley v. . Carter
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Cooke, J., at September Term, 1912, of PeNdeb. This is an action brought by Charles S. Riley & Co. to recover of the defendants the timber described in the complaint, and for a restraining order restraining the defendants, Carter & Pratt, from cutting the timber pending the action. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court by Mr. Justice Brown.
1Opinion of the Court
BbowN,- J.
The question involved in this controversy is the legal title to the timber on a certain tract of land in Pender County, known as the Raynor land, conveyed by S. W. Raynor et al. to the Peregoy-Jenkins Company.
The plaintiffs deraign their title through a number of mesne conveyances which it is unnecessary to set out; among others, the will of C. Morton Stewart, dated November, 1899, admitted to probate in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, and registered in the registry of wills for Baltimore County on 21 August, 1900.
This writing testamentary appears to be an essential link in the…
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