Reeves v. Jackson

This appeal involves a boundary line ■ dispute. Appellants (plaintiffs below) own tbe northwest quarter of tbe northwest quarter of section 19. Appellee (defendant below) owns tbe southwest quarter of tbe southwest quarter of section 18. These are adjoining 40-acre tracts, with appellee’s land lying to tbe north. Appellants filed suit in ejectment, claiming that appellee bad fenced and appropriated 5.54 acres of appellants’ land south of tbe true boundary (tbe section line). Appellee claimed that tbe land in controversy was north of tbe section line. Tbe case was tried to a jury, and tbe…