Vroman v. Dewey
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dodge County. Ejectment. The case turned on the question of the true boundary line between the north-east and the north-west quarters of a certain section. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. cited 7 Porter (Ala.) 428; 16 Ga. 141; 17 Miss. 459 ; 6 Gill, 121; 16 Pa. St. 232; 21 Ala. 66; 4 Hawks (N. C.) 64; 4 Mon. 63; 1 Dev. & Bat. 425; 1 S. & M. 428. cited 6 Wis. 14; 19 id. 429; 3 How. (U. S.) 650.
1Opinion of the CourtDixoN, C. J.
This is a controversy between the plaintiff and defendant, who are adjoining land owners, as to the boundary line between them; and the question turns upon the true location of the quarter-post established by the government surveyors. The quarter-post, being a fixed monument *531on tbe land, must, if its true place can be ascertained, determine the dispute as to the boundary line. On this point there was a decided conflict of testimony, the plaintiff’s witnesses locating the quarter-post in one place, and the witnesses for the defendant in another. In this state of case, the defendant’s counsel…
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