Fife v. Lockhart

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Fulton

—Affirming.

This appeal is from a judgment entered on a directed verdict at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony in an action of ejectment. The issue, as developed by the pleadings and the evidence, resolved itself into a question of ownership of a parcel of land containing less than one-tenth of an acre.

The land in dispute is in the shape of a trapezium and is located at the junction of Ratliff’s Creek and another small creek emptying into it, known as Road Fork of Ratliff’s Creek, the dimensions in feet, being* 34 x 25 x 23 x 37. Ratliff’s Creek runs…