Grimes v. . Bryan
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Actiobt, tried before Lyon, J., and a jury, March Term,' 1908, of Edgecombe, to recover thirty acres of land. : Plaintiff offered evidence tending to show title to the land in controversy by reason of adverse occupation by himself and his father, Thomas Grimes.
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Actiobt, tried before Lyon, J., and a jury, March Term,' 1908, of Edgecombe, to recover thirty acres of land. : Plaintiff offered evidence tending to show title to the land in controversy by reason of adverse occupation by himself and his father, Thomas Grimes. Defendant offered in evidence a deed from said Thomas Grimes to plaintiff, dated 1 March, 1811, and claimed the land by virtue of foreclosure proceedings, under a mortgage executed by plaintiff to Claudia Eed-mond, conveyance under and by virtue of said mortgage from Claudia Eedmond to J. E. Shackelford, 9 November, 1896, and deed from…
1Opinion of the Court
Hoke, J.,
after stating the case: We have given the record and the exceptions noted careful consideration, and find no error presented to plaintiff’s prejudice. The description contained in the deed from Thomas Grimes to the plaintiff was sufficiently definite to permit the reception of parol evidence to fit the description to the property. Hinton v. Moore, 139 N. C., 44; Perry v. Scott, 109 N. C., 374; Euliss v. McAdams, 108 N. C., 507. And it was further competent to show by parol testimony, that the father of plaintiff and grantor in the deed had constituted the thirty acres in controversy…
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