Jones v. Stearns

*599Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Reversing.

The parties own adjoining lots facing Main street in Burkesville, and owing to a dispute as to the location of the division line, each claims to own a triangular strip 10 feet wide at the street, running to a point at their rear comer about which there is no dispute. Jones set fence posts along the line as claimed by him, when Steams filed this action in ejectment to recover possession of the strip of land and damages for its wrongful detention.

Jones'filed answer, and after denying Stearns’ alleged ownership and damages, averred in substance that…