Den on Demise of Toole v. Peterson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of New Hanover County, at the Spring Term 1847, his Honor Judge Battle presiding. This was an action of ejeetment for lot No. 30, in the town of Wilmington.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of New Hanover County, at the Spring Term 1847, his Honor Judge Battle presiding. This was an action of ejeetment for lot No. 30, in the town of Wilmington. The lessors of the plaintiff claimed under a grant to John Whatson made in 1735, and a deed from John Watson to Joshua Grainger, executed in 1737. The lessors of the plaintiff alleged, that John Whatson and John Watson were the same person, and to prove the identity, they introduced, after objection to it on the part of the defendant, the Register’s books, and exhibited nineteen deeds from J. Wapon…
1Opinion of the Court
This was an action of ejectment for lot No. 30, in the town of Wilmington.
The lessors of the plaintiff claimed under a grant to JohnWhatson made in 1735, and a deed from John Watson to Joshua Grainger, executed in 1737. The lessors of the plaintiff alleged that John Whatson and John Watson were the same person, and to prove the identity they introduced, after objection to it on the part of the defendant, the register's books, and exhibited nineteen deeds from J. Watson and J. Wattson to different persons in the town of Wilmington, and then proved that the descendants of Joshua Grainger, Jr.,…
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