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CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. WATERS

No. 455.

133 S.E.2d 450 (1963)

260 N.C. 667

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. John E. WATERS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 11, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Rouse, Raleigh, for plaintiff appellant.

Lake, Boyce & Lake by I. Beverly Lake, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant appellees.

RODMAN, Justice.

Defendant's denial of plaintiff's title placed the burden of establishing that fact on plaintiff. An approved method of proving title is to show the parties claim under a common source and plaintiff has the older and superior title from that source. Mobley v. Griffin, 104 N.C. 112, 10 S.E. 142; Taylor v. Scott, 255 N.C. 484, 122 S.E.2d 57; Tripp v. Keais, 255 N.C. 404...

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