Supreme Court of North Carolina September 24, 1958, 27 (Carrow v. Davis)

Higgins, J.

Adverse possession of lands,

Lindsay v. Carswell,

240 N.C. 45, 81 S.E. 2d 168, for 20 years will ripen into title.

Everett v. Sanderson,

238 N.C. 564, 78 S.E. 2d 408. The defendant offered no evidence of adverse possession for that period. Adverse possession

under color of a deed or grant

will ripen into title in seven years.

Trust Co. v. Miller,

243 N.C. 1, 89 S.E. 2d 765.