Haddock v. . Leary
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN tried before W. B. Allen, J., and a jury, at Spring-Term, 1908, of JoNES, to recover damages for trespass in entering .upon and cutting timber on lands described in the complaint. There was a verdict for defendants, and plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBeowN, J.
The plaintiff introduced a grant to Thomas Pollock, and subsequent mesne conveyance, but was unable to connect the Duncan Cameron deed made in 1843, in the chain of title, with the grant. The Pollock grant and such deeds as plaintiff offered cover the locus in quo. The plaintiff, not having a connected chain of title from the -State, undertook to make out his title by adverse possession. • The deed from W. G-. Brinson, administrator of Hiram Brinson, to plaintiff, dated 4 June, 1891, constitutes the color of title under which plaintiff entered, and contains the same description, without…
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