Thiem v. Eckert

Plaintiffs, defendant and one Hoppenstedt owned land extending along all the shore line of a meandered lake. It was drained by a judicial ditch. They were desirous of dividing the lake bottom, not in irregular shaped tracts as the law provided, but upon govern ment division lines. They discussed the matter. One of their number, acting for all, consulted a lawyer and asked him to figure out a fair adjustment and draw the necessary paper and send to a certain bank. The lawyer did this. He prepared a partition deed meeting the requirements. He also prepared a very definite tabulated statement…