Milikin v. Smith

The parties to this suit have bitterly contested for several years the ownership of a narrow strip of land on the boundary between their lots on St. Simons Island. Appellant constructed a fence on the disputed area, and appellee Henry Smith demolished it with a sledge hammer. This provoked appellant to sue appellee to establish that the boundary line between his lot (No. 165) and appellee’s lot (No. 166) was that of an old wire fence erected in 1938 and removed in 1974. This boundary is allegedly marked at the present time by monuments in the form of iron posts filled with concrete.

Appellant…