Mason v. . McCormick
Supreme Court of North Carolina
■Civil Action to recover land tried at Spring Term, 1881, -of Cumberland Superior Court, before Gudger, J. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, appeal by defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The plaintiff claims the tract of land represented in the surveyor’s map within the yellow lines designated by the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, under a grant from the State issued November 22nd, 1872, for one hundred and-ninety-seven acres. The defendants derive title under a grant issued November 18th, 1873, to George Elliott for four hundred and seventy acres, and which they allege covers the place in dispute. The controversy is as to the loca- lion of the land 'described in the Elliot .grant and rectangular in form.
The plaintiff contends that its first corner 'is at 42 in Mc-Neill’s boundary,…
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