Reeves v. Lord

This is an appeal by plaintiffs, Dudley and Marjorie Reeves, from a judgment entered in an action brought by plaintiffs pursuant to § 35-3-1, Code of 1975, in which they sought to have determined the true common boundary line between plaintiffs' property and defendant's adjoining property, situated in Covington County. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiffs purchased the tract of land in question from Donald and Jean Lord on June 23, 1976. Defendant, Boncile Lord, owns a tract of land west of and continguous to plaintiffs' property. Before trial, the parties stipulated that a common boundary line…