Taylor v. Meadows
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, tried before Connor, J., at November Term, 1917, of Gbanville. Tbe plaintiffs sued for tbe recovery of a parcel of -land in' tbe city of Oxford 30 feet wide by 161 1-3 feet long, as shown on tbe map used at tbe trial in tbe court below, and in this Court at tbe bearing of tbe case.
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Civil action, tried before Connor, J., at November Term, 1917, of Gbanville. Tbe plaintiffs sued for tbe recovery of a parcel of -land in' tbe city of Oxford 30 feet wide by 161 1-3 feet long, as shown on tbe map used at tbe trial in tbe court below, and in this Court at tbe bearing of tbe case. It appears from tbe record tbat there was a sharp dispute between tbe parties as to tbe beginning comer of tbe larger lot, of wbicb tbe locus in quo is alleged by tbe defendants to be a part. Tbe deed under wbicb tbe defendants claim describes it as being “at a planted stone on 'Williams-boro Street…
1Opinion of the Court
WaleeR, J.,
after stating the case: We think it was competent for the defendants to show that they held possession of the disputed land for many years, without objection from the Taylors, and, for this pur*375pose, to prove tbe facts and circumstances in regard to building tbe fence on tbe land, erecting a stable tbereon, cutting down trees, valuable for shade, firewood, and so forth, and converting tbe same to their own use. There was fair ground for dispute as to the location of the beginning corner of the lot conveyed by the Taylor-Biggs-Ourrin deed, and, Where is that corner ? is the principal…
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