CARSWELL v. TOWN OF MORGANTON

No. 313.

72 S.E.2d 748 (1952)

236 N.C. 375

CARSWELL v. TOWN OF MORGANTON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 29, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mull, Patton & Craven, Morganton, for plaintiff, appellant.

John H. McMurray, Morganton, for defendant, appellee.


ERVIN, Justice.

This question arises at the threshold of the appeal: Does the plaintiff's evidence suffice to show that his supposed predecessor, Joel Walker, acting through tenants, acquired title to all the land embraced within the boundaries of the tracts in controversy by twenty years adverse possession under known and visible lines and boundaries within the purview of the statute codified as G.S. § 1-40?

This question must be answered in the negative...

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