Cornia v. Putnam

CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff, alleging ownership of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 22, T. 9 North, R. 6 East, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, initiated this action to compel defendant to remove a fence which he had erected allegedly upon plaintiff’s land. Defendant responded by answer and counterclaim, asserting his ownership in the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 22 and contending that the controversy involved the location of the boundary line between the two parcels. Defendant prayed that the true and correct boundary line be decreed by…