Item Number:
0181
Description:
Letter dated April 13, 1929 from J.S. Dockery, Attorney in
Rutherfordton to George W. Justice includes a copy of a judgment
concerning a boundary dispute. Case was heard by the 14th District
Court and the judgment handed down March 4, 1902.
Date of Item:
1929-04-13
Category:
Supporting Documents
Location:
Box 3
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of Burke and Rutherford, thence eastward with the old county line of
Burke and Rutherford which line is the crown of the ridge which
divides the waters of the Catawba from the waters of the First Broad
River to the beginning. And that defendants are the owners of all
said lands from the old point where the said line of the call "South
10 degrees West" crosses the crown of the leading ridge westward
with line south of the leading ridge which is the old county line as
it stood in 1795 and 1796 and to the said county line as their
northern boundary for the entire distance that said two grants and
tracts of land of the plaintiffs and defendants adjoins. and that
this decree shall operate as a mutual quit claim deed between the
parties accordingly to-wit: From the defendants to the plaintiffs
for said specific portion between above described, north of the old
county line for the entire distance that the said tracts adjoin, and
by the consent of the parties to, it is further adjudged that the
plaintiffs J.M. Bernhardt and others, except Arthur Olmstead, Martin
E. Olmstead and F.L. Bartlett pay the costs of this action.
W.B. Councill
Judge 13th District holding courts
14th District N.C.
North Carolina, Burke County, SUPERIOR COURT
I, P.W. Patton, C.S.C., do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true and perfect copy of the judgment and decree of this court
signed by his Honor W.B. Council, Judge riding the 14th District.
Filed and enrolled in this office in the said cause as a part of the
judgment roll therein. Let the same with this certificate be
registered. This March 4, 1902.
P.W. Patton, C.S.C.