Supreme Court of North Carolina October 16, 1907 (McCaskill v. . Walker)

RrowN, J.

It is admitted that John Walker, Jr., ivas seized and possessed of the lands in controversy. The evidence shows that he conveyed the land by deed dated 2 J une, 1869, to Hector J. MacLean, under whom plaintiffs claim. The record evidence tends to prove that plaintiff McCaskill claims three-fourths of the land by purchase from the heirs of

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Hector J.