Case Name: THORNTON v. McNEELY
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1907-05-22
Citations: 144 N.C. 622
Docket Number: 
Parties: THORNTON v. McNEELY.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 144
Pages: 622–622

Head Matter:
THORNTON v. McNEELY.
(Filed 22 May, 1907).
Referee’s Report — Confirmation—Evidence.—When there is competent evidence to sustain the findings of fact by the referee, and his report is confirmed by the Judge below, it will not be disturbed.
P. J. Sinclair for plaintiff.
J. W. Pless for defendant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This is an action of trespass, which seems to have been tried, without final result, several times in the Superior Court of McDowell County. It was finally tried and determined upon a consent reference by Clyde R. Hoey, Esq., and comes to this Court upon exceptions to the judgment of his Honor, Judge Guión, confirming the report of the referee. The'matters involved are largely questions of locating boundaries and are principally questions of fact. His Honor, after consideration, has adopted the findings of fact of the referee, and, while the evidence appears to be conflicting, there is evidence to support such findings, which are therefore binding upon us. In his conclusions of law, based on such findings, we are unable to discover any error, and therefore the judgment is
Affirmed.