Symonds v. . Trueblood , 3 N.C. 235 ( 1803 )

The record only can show us what land is in dispute, and that appears to be a tract composed of different parcels; part whereof the plaintiff has possessed and part the defendant. Then the rule applies, that he who is in possession of part of the tract claimed by both, though the other is also in possession of part, shall be deemed the possession of the whole; consequently, defendant has no legal possession of any part, and plaintiff's title must prevail.