Shahan v. Watkins

Duckworth, Justice.

The evidence showed that the plaintiffs had paper title to lot 168, of which the three-acre tract of land in dispute was a part. In 1909 the father of the plaintiffs, their predecessor in title, obtained a deed to lot 168 “containing 157 acres, more or less.” The defendant introduced deeds showing that his father in 1899 obtained title to a half undivided interest in lot 168 by a deed describing the lot as containing “160 acres, more or less,” and that in 1903 he joined with the owner of the other half interest in a deed conveying lot 168 “containing 157 acres, more or…