Hoge v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “is designated as a part of the description of the land. The plaintiffs introduced evidence tending to show that the head of the swamp was at Z, or at NN, and the defendant offered evidence tending to show the location to be at A. The materiality of evidence tending to show this location is at once evident. If the head of the swamp is at A, the Roe grant and the Roe deed include the disputed land; but otherwise, if at Z or NN. On the direct examination of Duffey Toler the defendant inquired whether A was known in that locality as the head of Juniper Swamp, and the witness answered,”

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   e.g. Hoge v. . Lee

2. “The plaintiffs' exceptions are not identical with those presented in Waters v. Simmons , 52 N.C. 541 . There the trial judge excluded evidence which was offered to show the location of the head of Spellar's Creek. There was no evidence that more than one natural object answered the description, and apparently the identity of the creek could be definitely determined. Toler testified that the”

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   e.g. Hoge v. . Lee

3. “In a line of decisions extending from Sasser v. Herring , 14 N.C. 340 , to Lumber Co. v. Lumber Co. , 169 N.C. 98 , this Court has consistently held that the description in a junior grant is not evidence of the boundaries in a senior grant. But the exception involves another principle. His Honor withdrew from the jury not only the description or”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hoge v. . Lee