HINES v. PIERCE

No. 7419SC675.

208 S.E.2d 721 (1974)

23 N.C. App. 324

Mary Alma HINES, Plaintiff, v. Thomas W. PIERCE, Defendant and Third-Party-Plaintiff, v. R. P. CRAVEN and wife et al., Third-Party-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Certiorari Denied December 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ottway Burton, Asheboro, for plaintiff appellant.

Miller, Beck, O'Briant & Glass, by Adam W. Beck, Asheboro, for defendants appellees.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court December 3, 1974.

BRITT, Judge.

Plaintiff assigns as error the allowance of defendant's motion for directed verdict on plaintiff's claim for damages. This assignment has no merit.

In 7 Strong, N.C. Index 2d, Trespass To Try Title, § 2, pp. 250-51, we find: "In an action in trespass to try title, defendant's denial of plaintiff's title and of the trespass places the burden upon plaintiff to prove title in himself...

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