Hoskins v. Cook

This is primarily a boundary line dispute between the appellee Eunice K. Batchelor and the other appellees and cross-appellants, Albert and Bill Cook. The appellant, D. W. Hoskins, is Mrs. Batchelor’s tenant and joined her as a plaintiff in the case. The chancellor upheld Mrs. Batchelor’s claim to the strip of land in dispute and fixed Hoskins ’ crop damage at $50, a sum Avhich he thinks to be inadequate.

We consider first the principal controversy between Mrs. Batchelor and the Cooks. It is conceded that Mrs. Batchelor holds the record title to the strip in dispute, which lies just east of a…