Brown v. Leete

Hillyer, D. J.

This is an action of ejectment for the possession of a narrow strip of land in the S. W. J of section 1, township 19.

Both parties derive title from the United States; and the controversy has reference to the true lines dividing the quarter section into quarters, in one of its aspects, and in another to the character of the defendant’s, occupation of the premises in dispute.

The defendant claims the disputed territory by virtue of his deed for the S. E. J of said S. W. J, and the plaintiff, by virtue of his deeds, for the other three-quarters thereof.

*441The lines in dispute are the…