Brewer v. Yellow Poplar Lumber Co.

HatcheR, Judge:

In the year 1904 C. II. Spaulding owned 150 acres in Mingo county. II. C. Closterman was the owner of an adjoining tract of 3920 acres of what is commonly termed “back land”. The description of the division line between these tracts as contained in the deed to Spaulding is: “ Commencing at a stake near the bank of the Old House Branch of Jenny’s Creek, thence up said creek on the left hand side to the upper end to a rock and beech, thence with the division lines to the top of the hill at the gap of Marlowe Creek”. This line is about 270 poles in length and was well-established,…