Hoyle v. . Wilson

The report of the processioner is radically defective in not stating with precision the claims of the respective parties, so as to show what lines were disputed or how far they were disputed. In every legal controversy there must be an identity given to the subject, and an issue between the parties. In actions at common law in which the question of boundary is triable the land is described and identified in the declaration or new assignment, and the issues arise on the pleas and rejoinder, and thus it appears upon the record what the controversy is. There is the same necessity for precision…