Schroeder v. Engroff

At the trial of this case there was presented a substantial issue related to the admissibility of certain parol evidence. This evidence was designed to establish the location of an iron stake marking the terminal point of the second course of the land conveyed by the deed out of which the controversy arose. -The trial court received the proof subject to a later determination of its competency. At the conclusion of the matter he decided that it was not admissible, but, because the precise problem had not been passed upon in the appellate courts, he wisely undertook to dispose of the merits of…