Hampton v. . Hardin
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Ejectment tried at Fall Term, 1882, of Rutherford Superior Court, before Graves, J. Judgment for plaintiff, appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The action is to recover a small strip of land in possession of the defendant, and the title thereto is dependent upon the true location of the dividing line between their respective tracts.
In tracing the title from one J. J. Hampton, who formerly owned both tracts, the plaintiff offered in evidence a certified copy of his will, which, as a holographic will, had been admitted to probate in the proper court upon the proofs required by statute (Bat. Rev., ch. 119, § 13), and it appeared upon the certificate of probate that the proper custody of the paper was shown by the examination of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McCanless v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1876
- Mason v. . McCormickSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
3Cited by13 opinions
- Currence v. HardinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
- McEwan v. BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1918
- Cornelius v. BrawleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1891
- In Re the Will of CrawfordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
- McEwan v. . BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1918
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