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  "id": 8657419,
  "name": "N. M. PILKINGTON v. DOC. WELCH",
  "name_abbreviation": "Pilkington v. Welch",
  "decision_date": "1914-12-23",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "94",
  "last_page": "94",
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      "cite": "168 N.C. 94"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
    "id": 9292,
    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
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    "id": 5,
    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
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    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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    "batch": "2018"
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "N. M. PILKINGTON v. DOC. WELCH."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per CuriaM.\nTbe exceptions to tbe charge on adverse possession are immaterial, as it was conceded by the defendant upon tbe trial that all tbe issues should be answered in favor of tbe plaintiff if tbe location of tbe plaintiff\u2019s paper title was as contended by him, and tbe jury has so found.\nNo error.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Per CuriaM."
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    "attorneys": [
      "B. L. Phillips for plaintiff.",
      "Bryson & Blade for defendant."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "N. M. PILKINGTON v. DOC. WELCH.\n(Filed 23 December, 1914.)\nAppeal and Error \u2014 Objections and Exceptions \u2014 Admissions\u2014Immaterial Exceptions. \u25a0\nWhere in an action to recover land defendant has conceded upon the trial that the issues should be answered in plaintiff\u2019s favor if the jury should find the locus in quo to be contained within the description of the plaintiff\u2019s paper title, exceptions to the charge of the court upon the question of adverse possession become immaterial on defendant\u2019s appeal.\nAppeal by defendant from Garter, J., at Spring Term, 1914, of G-R\u00c1-HAM.\nAction to recover land, known as Tract No. 20. Tbe plaintiff introduced State Grant No. 61 and mesne conveyances connecting himself with tbe grant.\nTbe defendant denied that tbe paper title of tbe plaintiff covered tbe land in controversy.\nTbe plaintiff contended that tbe beginning corner of bis title was at black figure 1 on tbe plat, and also that if it was red figure 1, as contended by defendant, and bis paper title did not cover tbe land in controversy, that be bad shown title by adverse possession.\nTbe only assignments of error are to parts of tbe charge relating to title by adverse possession.\nTbe jury returned tbe following verdict:\n1. Is tbe plaintiff tbe owner and entitled to tbe possession of tbe lands described in tbe complaint? \u201cYes.\u201d\n2. Is tbe defendant in tbe unlawful possession of said land or any part thereof? \u201cYes.\u201d\n3. What damage, if any, is tbe plaintiff entitled to recover? \u201c$24.\u201d\n4. What is tbe true beginning corner of Tract No. 20? \u201cBlack figure 1.\u201d\nJudgment was entered in favor of tbe plaintiff, and tbe defendant appealed.\nB. L. Phillips for plaintiff.\nBryson & Blade for defendant."
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  "file_name": "0094-01",
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