Supreme Court of North Carolina September 5, 1889 (Mobley v. . Griffin)

Avery, J.

(after stating the facts). The general rule is, that the burden is on the plaintiff, in the trial of actions for the possession of land, as in the old action of ejectment, to either prove a title good against the whole world, or good against the defendant by estoppel.

Taylor

v.

Gooch,

3 Jones, 467;

Kitchen

v.

Wilson,

80 N. C., 191.