Mason v. Knox

The northeast corner of the plaintiff’s land is the southeast corner of the defendants’ land. It is near an old ash stump, and on its southeasterly side; and the question of fact is, whether it is ten feet distant from the stump as the plaintiff claims, or three rods distant as the defendants claim. At the trial before the referees the plaintiff testified, subject to exception, that Taylor S. Prescott, who was a former owner of the defendants’ land, and who was living at the time of the trial, had told the plaintiff, since Prescott parted with his title, where the corner was, and had pointed…