Jenkins v. Trantham

A study of the petition and the amendment thereto shows plainly the legal effect to petitioners pleadings. In their petition they allege with particularity what are the true boundary lines between their lands and the lands of the respondents, and contend that the location of these true boundary lines is shown by the line marked A, H and B on Reagans map. In the amendment to their petition they assert in effect that, if this is not true, then the fence shown on Reagans map has become the true line by operation of law by virtue of their 20 years adverse possession under G.S. 1-40 of that part of the lands in dispute lying West of the fence, which adverse possession has vested them with title and fixed the fence as the present true boundary line. Lance v. Cogdill, 236 N.C. 134, 71 S.E.2d 918.