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  "name": "Swain vs. Bell and Bellune",
  "name_abbreviation": "Swain v. Bell",
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        "text": "johmtem^ Judge.\nThe courses of the patent after arriving afe ILoekwood Folly are described thus: thence up a creek \u2019within the inlet and the weciwardly branch to the head; thence north-east to Elizabeth river. Where there is a natural boundary it must be followed j and if, as here, the next course will lead to a point whereby the land will not be included, but calls for a natural boundary, the course is to be disregarded, and the nearest course to the natural boundary must be taken. As to possession, if a smaller patent be laid on land included In a greater, and the pa-tentee of this smaller part take possession, and that be not interrupted, though possession be taken of other parts of the larger patent, and that uninterrupte d possession be continued under the smaller patent for seven yeais, it will give a title to the possessor.",
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    "head_matter": "Wilmington,\nMay Term, 1802.\nSwain vs. Bell and Bellune."
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