Weaver v. Love
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN, tried before Guión, J., and a jury, at June Term, 1907, of tbe Superior Court of YaNcey County. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appealed. Tbe facts sufficiently appear in tbe opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, O. J.
Action to remove cloud on title and for damages for trespass in cutting timber,, and asking an injunction. Tbe defendants plead seizin and title in themselves. The plaintiffs claim under a grant issued in 1796 and a chain of title from that source. The defendants, J. W. ITiggins and I. R. Love, claim under a grant to themselves, 3 February, 1891, and continuous adverse possession thereunder for seven *416years, by building bouses tbereon and cutting timber, and also by tenants occupying tbe bouses and cultivating land.
Tbe court instructed tbe jury, at plaintiffs’ request, that the…
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