Cartledge v. Seago

Where processioners were appointed to trace and mark anew the lines around a certain tract of land, which they and the county surveyor proceeded to do, and upon trial of the issue made by a protest to their return the undisputed evidence of the county surveyor was, “What I intended to do was to locate these old lines under the old plat [made by a former surveyor]; I did not pay any attention to who was in possession of the respective tracts, nor anything of that kind; didn’t know anything about that. . . I don’t know if that old plat is correct;” and the undisputed evidence for the protestant…