Case Name: Slade vs. Griffin
Court: North Carolina Superior Court
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1802-04
Citations: 2 Hayw. 178
Docket Number: 
Parties: Slade vs. Griffin.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 178–178

Head Matter:
Halifax,
April Term, 1802.
Slade vs. Griffin.

Opinion:
\ f'CAT, Judge.
Admitting the plaintiff's patent covers the JJfj- w?i©le land, the defendant's title also covers a part of it, and. of this part the defendant has been in possession for more than 7 years. The plaintiff has been in possession all along of part of the land covered by his patent, but not in the actual possession of any part within the defendant's deed, and in such case the act of limitations is a bar to the plaintiff.