Hinchey v. . Nichols .
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, in the nature of ejectment, tried before Cloud, J., at Special Term, 1874, Wiuces Superior Court. The plaintiff claimed the land in controversy under a grant from the State to one Globber in 1789, and by mesne conveyances through various persons, to himself.
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Civil action, in the nature of ejectment, tried before Cloud, J., at Special Term, 1874, Wiuces Superior Court. The plaintiff claimed the land in controversy under a grant from the State to one Globber in 1789, and by mesne conveyances through various persons, to himself. The description in the grant, and the said conveyances, is as follows: “ A tract of land containing one hundred and seventy-three acres, lying and being in our county of Wilkes, on a big branch of Luke Lee’s creek, beginning at or near the path that crosses the said branch that goes from Crane’s to Sutton’s, on a stake,…
1Opinion of the CourtPeaesoN, C. J.
The plaintiff claims a tract of land described as follows, in the grant (1789) and mesne conveyances : “ A tract of land containing one hundred and seventy-three acres, lying and being in our county of Wilkes, on a big branch of Luke Lee’s creek, beginning at or near the path that crosses the said branch that goes from Crane’s to Sutton’s, on a stake, running west twenty-eight chains and fifty links to a white oak in Miller’s line,” and so all around calling for stakes at every corner.
“A big branch of Luke Lee’s creek,” snpposes several big brandies. Which big branch; is left indefinite. If…
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