Gilman Paper Co. v. Newman

Gilman Paper Company (Gilman) appeals, urging that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) right-of-way map and in relying on this map as competent evidence of the location of a disputed corner monument. Although we find no error in the trial court’s admission of the map, we must conclude that it was not competent evidence of the location of the corner.

Gilman filed suit for declaratory judgment against appellees alleging their property was encroaching onto its land and requesting the court to determine the correct boundary between the lands of…