Ware v. . Knight
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtBkogkeN, J.
Tbe plaintiff undertook to prove title by showing possession under known and. visible lines and boundaries for twenty-one years before tbe action was brought. Such method of proving title in ejectment suits has been approved and established. Mobley v. Griffin, 104 N. C., 112, 10 S. E., 142; Moore v. Miller, 179 N. C., 396, 102 S. E., 627.
Tbe defendant contended that tbe plaintiff bad never been in actual possession of tbe small area of land in dispute; but, tbe plaintiff having gone into possession under a proper deed of conveyance older than that held by tbe defendant, relied upon tbe…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mobley v. . GriffinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
- Moore v. . MillerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1920
- Ray v. . AndersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
- Hayes v. Williamson-Brown Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1920