Steusoff v. Jackson

GILL, Chief Justice.

— This is a boundary suit, and the judgment of the trial court, sitting without a jury, was at the last term affirmed by this court without written opinion. It is necessary, therefore, to a proper understanding of what will be written upon this motiop, that we state, at least in a general way, the nature of the controversy, and the facts which present the questions.

The appellee brought this suit against the appellant in trespass to try title to recover about 820 acres of land alleged to be a part of the original Silas Smith league. Appellant defended on the ground that it…