Supreme Court of North Carolina September 5, 1897 (Mayberry v. . Mayberry)

Faircloth, C. J.:

'This is an action for the possession of land. The defendants pleaded in bar of the action an arbitration and award between the same parties touching the same subject matter. The controversy involved the boundary line between the parties, and that turned upon the question whether the corner was a hickory or ' a post oak.