Stone Bank Improvement Co. v. Vollriede

On March 3, 1843, one John Starr Rockwell acquired title by patent from the United States to the southeast fractional quarter of section 19, township 8 north, range 18 east, Waukesha county.

The following conveyances were made of said lands, all parcels having as their north boundaries the line between the northeast and southeast quarters of section 19:

1. February 13, 1855, John S. Rockwell and wife to Francis Martin (respondents’ predecessor in title) :

“Commencing at the centre stake of section No. nineteen, town eight, range eighteen and run from thence east along the line between the…