Howse v. Russell

Haü, J.

Appellants own land in Section 28 and appellee owns land adjoining the same in Section 29, Tp. 7, R. 5, in Wayne County. Appellee brought suit to establish as the dividing line between said properties a wire fence which is actually located, according to the undisputed proof, 165 feet east of the true dividing line between these sections, and also to recover the actual value of 193 trees cut by appellants between said fence and the true line, as well as the statutory penalty of $15.00 each for the trees so cut. The chancellor fixed the wire fence as the dividing line, awarded appellee…