Doe on the Demise of Ward v. Willis
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an action of EJECTMENT, tried before Heath, J., at the last Superior Court of Carteret. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The only facts necessary to the understanding of this case, will be found in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtRuffiN, J.
The charter of the town of Beaufort, by the act of 1854, expressly extends the boundaries of the town to low water mark on Core Sound, and vests the land between Front street and the sound, including that between high and low water marks, in the commissioners of the town, with authority to lay it off into lots and convey them in fee simple. The lessor of the plaintiff claims, therefore, under an explicit legislative grant, and has a good title, unless the land had been divested out of the State by a prior valid grant. The question depends, then, on the sufficiency of the patent to the…
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