Mizell v. . Simmons
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action to recover Damages for trespass on land, (tried at Spring Term, 1878, of Martin Superior Court, before Henry, J. The case involved the title to land, and the material facts applicable thereto are as follows: The plaintiffs claimed under two patents, — “ A ” for 300 acres, dated October 13th, 1778, lying on the south side of Roanoke river, beginning at the mouth of a gut supposed to be Isaac Jordan’s bounds, ¡running along his supposed line south 300 poles in the…
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Civil Action to recover Damages for trespass on land, (tried at Spring Term, 1878, of Martin Superior Court, before Henry, J. The case involved the title to land, and the material facts applicable thereto are as follows: The plaintiffs claimed under two patents, — “ A ” for 300 acres, dated October 13th, 1778, lying on the south side of Roanoke river, beginning at the mouth of a gut supposed to be Isaac Jordan’s bounds, ¡running along his supposed line south 300 poles in the pocosin to or near the head of Middle or Speller’s creek, thence north 45 east 160 poles in the pocosin, thence north…
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, C. J., disagrees. The case involved the title to land, and the material facts applicable thereto are as follows: The plaintiffs claimed under two patents, — "A" for 300 acres, dated 13 October, 1778, lying on the south side of Roanoke river, beginning at the mouth of a gut supposed to be Issac Jordan's bounds, running along his supposed line south 300 poles in the pocosin to or near the head of Middle or Speller's creek, thence north 45 east 168 poles in the pocosin, thence north 330 poles to Roanoke river, then up the river to the beginning; and "B" for 300 acres, dated 15 June, 1787,…
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