Holliday v. Maddox
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Sumner District Court. Action by Holliday against Maddox, to recover damages for trespass upon land claimed by plaintiff. Judgment for defendant, at the February term, 1886. The plaintiff brings the case to this court. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Clogston, C.:
This was an action brought by the plaintiff in error to recover damages for trespass upon a strip of ground claimed by the plaintiff. It is admitted by both parties that the question in dispute is the boundary line between their farms, the plaintiff owning the southwest quarter and the defendant the southeast quarter of the same section. This land was surveyed by the government in 1870 or 1871, and was settled about the year 1872; from which time up to 1878 the line between said quarters was recognized to be as claimed by the plaintiff in error. At that time, March 18,…
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