Bain v. Peyton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Graves, J.:

This was an action of ejectment; commenced by Bertha J. Bain, in the district court of Lyon county, to recover the possession of about an acre and a half of land from the defendant, Arthur Peyton. These parties owned and occupied adjoining tracts of land, and disagreed as to the location of the boundary-line between them. On account of this disagreement each claimed to be the owner of the strip of land in controversy. The land in dispute is about six rods and four feet wide at one end, and eight rods and nine feet wide at the other,…