Force v. Allison

The resolution of this boundary line dispute between homeowners relies on the long held principle of law that where there is a discrepancy between the location on the ground of the original boundary survey and the written plat of that survey, it is the survey as it was actually, run on the ground that governs. Watrous v. Morrison, 33 Fla. 261, 14 So. 805, 806 (1894); Palm Orange Groves v. Yelvington, 41 So.2d 883 (Fla.1949); Akin v. Godwin, 49 So.2d 604 (Fla.1951); Brinson v. Shimp, 574 So.2d 1105 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990); see Tyson v. Edwards, 433 So.2d 549 (Fla. 5th DCA), review denied, 441 So.2d…