Taylor v. Olmstead

Tbe plaintiff is the owner of Lot 2, containing about 7 acres, and the defendant, of the lot adjoining it on the south, Lot 3, containing about 11 acres. The dispute is over a strip about 55 feet wide, running east and west along the boundary between these two lots. A deed for Lot 2, described, however, by metes and bounds, was made by Ernest E. Hart to plaintiff on January 29, 1908. Plaintiff’s purchase apparently was made sometime before that date. When plaintiff purchased, D. R. Olmstead, the father of the defendant, was in possession of both lots, and was claiming and evidently had an…