Smith v. . Headrick
Supreme Court of North Carolina
'Ejectment — Evidence—Declarations— Color of Title — Boundary. Civil ActioN tried before MacRae, Judge, and a jury at Fall Term, 1884, of DavidsoN Superior Court. The facts appear iu the opinion. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, and the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The plaintiffs, trustees, alleged themselves to be owners of the land described in their complaint, and entitled to recover possession of the small portion held by the defendants, under a claim of title thereto. The action was begun against Geo. Headrick in his lifetime, and is prosecuted since his -death against the defendants, his executors, widow and heirs-at-law. The plat prepared by the surveyor and produced in evidence at the trial, represents the location of the respective tracts as ■claimed by the contesting parties, and the lines of the part in dispute between them.
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