Atkins v. Huston

This proceeding was an application, by petition, of John H. Atkins, under the act of March 25, 1869, “to provide for the permanent survey of lands, ” to the circuit court of Henderson county, to have the boundaries of certain land of his permanently established. In pursuance of the act the court appointed a commission of surveyors, who acted, and made report of their survey, establishing the corners and boundaries, to which report appellees filed objections, whereupon a trial was had by a jury, resulting in a verdict against the petitioner. The court overruled a motion for a new trial, and in…