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STATE v. BROOKS

No. 9.

166 S.E.2d 70 (1969)

275 N.C. 175

STATE of North Carolina v. Joe C. BROOKS, Sr., and wife, Anne Brooks; Thelma B. McEachern, single; Jim Brooks and wife, Alene W. Brooks; Frances B. Furlong, single; Mary Brooks, single; Lula Brooks, single.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 12, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. Wade Bruton, Asst. Atty. Gen. Millard R. Rich, Jr., John Richard Newton and George Rountree, Jr., Wilmington, of counsel for the plaintiff appellant.

Herring, Walton, Parker & Powell, by Ray H. Walton, and E. J. Prevatte, Southport, for defendant appellees.

R. HUNT PARKER, Chief Justice.

This Court being of the opinion that the subject matter of the appeal, the acquiring of title to marshlands within the State by alleged adverse possession for thirty years, has significant public interest as set forth below, issued a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals.

This is said in 46 N.C.L.Rev. 779:

"The vast estuarine areas of North Carolina—`those coastal complexes where fresh water from the...

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