Erickson v. Turnquist

Dell, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial.

The defendants are the owners of lot 3 and plaintiffs the owners of lot 4, in block 35 of Northern Pacific Addition to Wadena. This action was instituted to determine the boundary line between said lots. The lots, as platted, are 140 feet long, 50 feet wide, and front on Third Street SE. The “Original Town of Wadena” lies north of and adjacent to Northern Pacific Addition. Both parties had independent surveys made.

J. E. Howard, a licensed surveyor and for many years the county…