Clark v. Smay

OPINION

ORME, Judge:

¶ 1 This case involves a dispute over a strip of land located in Salt Lake County. The trial court ultimately quieted title to the disputed property in Appellee, concluding that a survey based on the metes and bounds description of a deed controlled over the depiction of a natural monument on a subdivision plat map. We affirm.

BACKGROUND 1

¶ 2 In August of 1909, the Leinket family was deeded a large parcel of land bordering on the Maple City subdivision located in Emigration Canyon in Salt Lake County. The deed described the boundaries of the land by metes and bounds. The…