Peters v. Harris

Scott Harris, the plaintiff in error, and S. S. Peters, the defendant in error, own adjoining tracts of land in Moultrie county, the Harris tract lying immediately north of the Peters tract. Peters purchased the south tract in 1877 and Harris purchased the north tract in 1904. At the time Harris became the owner of the north tract it was separated from the Peters tract by an old wire fence, which, instead of extending in a straight line, curved to the north, so that the middle of the fence was several feet north of the ends. Soon after Harris purchased the north tract he requested Peters to…