Olsen v. Park Daughters Investment Company

CROCKETT, Justice:

This case involves a dispute over the boundary, and ownership of a strip of land between the properties of the plaintiffs Olsen, lying on the east side of the Provo River, and of the defendants Park opposite on the west side of the river, in the area which has been referred to as “the river bottoms,” west of Provo. The defendants rely upon an ancient deed (1883), and by acquiescence since that time, in the river as the boundary; whereas, the plaintiffs claim the disputed area through metes and bounds straight line description, which overlaps on the west side of the river.…