Carland v. Rowland

*125OPINION of the Court, by

Ch. J. Boyle.

This is a contest for land under adverse claims. ■ The appellants were complainants, and derive their title under a settlement and; pre-emption granted to Peter Flinn The certificate and entry of the settlement calls to lie “at the mouth of Brashears’ creekvin the fork of said creek and Salt river, crossing the creek to include a pond.” The entry upon the pre-emption warrant was made the 30th of March 178⅜, and calls to adjoin the settlement “on the north and east sides thereof, and to run north and east for quantity.”

Salt river and Brashears’ creek were…