Commissioners of the Town of Greenville v. Old Dominion Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Pleadings — Evidence—Judge’s Charge — Action to Recover Land. This was a civil ACTION, which was tried before Avery, J.,. at Spring Term, 1888, of Pitt Superior Court. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This action, begun on September 8th, 1882, is prosecuted to recover possession and damages for detaining the lot of land described in the complaint, the title and right to which is contested by the defendant company that claims itself to be the owner. The case sent up on the plaintiffs’ appeal, singularly enough, shows the various deeds offered in support of the plaintiffs’ title, with the accompanying explanatory evidence, and the defendant’s exceptions thereto, with the rulings thereon complained of — none of which are before us on this, the plaintiffs’ appeal, and no exceptions whatever to…
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