Nolin v. Parmer
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to tbe Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before tbe Hon JNO. Gill Shorter. 1. Tbe United States, in providing for tbe survey of tbe public domain, bave established rules by wbicb all disputes tbat may arise about boundaries, or tbe contents of any section or sub-division of a section, shall be ascertained.
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Error to tbe Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before tbe Hon JNO. Gill Shorter. 1. Tbe United States, in providing for tbe survey of tbe public domain, bave established rules by wbicb all disputes tbat may arise about boundaries, or tbe contents of any section or sub-division of a section, shall be ascertained. In tbe case of sections, tbe Government has arranged their boundaries, marked tbeir lines and corners, and declared tbeir contents ; and tbe purchaser of an entire section takes all witbin those limits, be it more or less than the quantity returned by tbe surveyor. But, in tbe purchase…
1Opinion of the Court
DARGAN, G. J.
— This was an action of trespass, brought .to recover possession of the following described land: the *70east half-of tbe north-east quarter of section twenty-six, township ten, range twenty-seven, situated in the county of Barbour. To show title to the land, the plaintiff introduced a patent from the Government of the United States, by which the land above described was granted to him. To identify the land, and prove that the defendant was in possession, the plaintiff introduced John McKinney, the county surveyor, who had surveyed the land at the plaintiff’s request, but without…
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