Terrell v. Chessmore

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The appeal was taken from the judgment of the district court approving a survey. The chief subject of controversy is the location of the corner common to sections 25, 26, 35, and 36, tpwnship 2, south, range 33, west, in Rawlins county.

There is no government stone at the corner in controversy, no direct evidence of any one having seen such a stone in the vicinity, and the field notes of the government survey describe the corner as being south and east of the water in Beaver Creek, an impossible location. In 1889, the corner was established by…