Harding v. Taylor

CORN, Justice.

Proper disposition of the question presented by this appeal requires recitation of the factual background of earlier litigation which provided the basis for the present action.

In 1921 George Mulligan and wife conveyed a parcel of land (16.45 acres) in SE4, Sec. 31, Twp. 12N, R.3 W.I.M., to (J. A. Taylor by warranty deed, describing the land by metes and bounds. In 1926 the grantors platted and dedicated to public use other land adjoining Taylor on the west. The recorded plat showed the east line of the plat to be 908.4 feet west of the east line of this section.

In 1943 Taylor…