M'nairy v. Hightour

delivered the following opinion of the court. The question in this cause is, whether, where but one line of a survey is marked, and greatly exceeds the distance called for in the grant, the other lines shall be made of equal distances, so the all corners shall be at right angles.

According to the calls of the grant, the tract which contains 5000 acres, is in the shape of a parallelogram, the lines of which call for the cardinal points.

On the part of the plaintiff, it is insisted, that it is the presumption of law, that the surveyor intended the lines of the tract to be at right angles. The act…