Parsons v. Bills

This suit was brought to have determined the boundary between sections 4 and 5, in town 5 north, of range 4 east. The jurisdiction of the court, which is not questioned, may be sustained upon the ground that defendants are charged with having by stealth, as well as -by force, attempted to secure possession of a strip of land, and have built some part of a line fence over on the land complainant claims to own and which he has occupied for about 40 years. The decree appealed from establishes the line in accordance with complainant’s contention and theory, and requires defendants to remove the…