Foulke v. Stockdale
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine Circuit Court. ActioN to recover the possession of certain land described in the petition. The defendants set up title to the premises. There was a trial to the court without a jury, and judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal. The facts material to an understanding of the point ruled in the opinion are found therein.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The controversy between the parties involves the correctness of their conflicting claims as to the. precise división line between their respective lands, which are adjacent. The grantors of the respective parties, in 1856, in order to arrange their separate lots in a shape that would better suit the convenience of each, chose referees to agree upon a line for that purpose. The referees entered upon the duty assigned them and marked out a line by stakes, or other monuments, which was satisfactory to both parties. Plaintiff’s grantor soon after erected a fence on this line and planted trees…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Grube v. WellsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871
- Burdick v. HeivlySupreme Court of Iowa · 1867
3Cited by4 opinions
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