Burnett v. . Thompson

Pearson J.

The ease turned upon the location of one of the lines of a lease of one Williams, by the Tuscarora Indians, dated in 1803, and to continue from the date thereof until 1916. The lease called for the run of Miry Branch • thence down the branch to the ran of Town Swamp; thence down the swamp to the Swash ; thence down the swash to Coniot Swamp ; thence, <fcc.

It was argued that the line down the swamp struck the swash at the mouth of the run of the swamp, a point on the south side of the swamp, and that the next corner was a point at the mouth of Coniot Swamp. The question was, how the…