Legal Opinion

Canter v. . Chilton

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided April 17, 1918PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Civil aotioN to recover a tract of land, tried before Harding, J., at April Term, 1917, of Surry. From verdict and judgment for plaintiff'tbe defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBrowN, J.

Tbe locus in quo is a small tract of land embraced by tbe letters G-E-B-C on map. Tbe plaintiff owns tbe land on east known as Beeson lands and defendant tbe lands known as tbe McKinney lands on tbe west. The plaintiff claims that tbe true division line is tbe dotted line G to E, and defendant claims it is tbe solid line 0 to B.

Tbe defendant excepts to tbe testimony of witness Wall, wbo testified to tbe declarations of Louis Key and Enoch Johnson to tbe effect that tbe hickory and poplar marked tbe corner of tbe Beeson land. Tbe witness testified that Key and Johnson were dead and that tbe…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Barker v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
  2. Halstead v. . MullenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1885
  3. Sullivan v. . BlountSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
  4. Smith v. Tew.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Crocker v. VannSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1926
  2. First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. v. ParkerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952
  3. Crocker v. . VannSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1926
  4. Johnson v. McLambSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
  5. First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. v. ParkerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952

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