Admitting the plaintiff’s patent covers the JJfj- w?i©le land, the defendant’s title also covers a part of it, and. of this part the defendant has been in possession for more than 7 years. The plaintiff has been in possession all along of part of the land covered by his patent, but not in the actual possession of any part within the defendant’s deed, and in such case the act of limitations is a bar to the plaintiff.
Slade v. Griffin, 3 N.C. 178, 2 Hayw. 178 (1802)
April 1802
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North Carolina Superior Court
3 N.C. 178, 2 Hayw. 178
Halifax,
April Term, 1802.