Cavanaugh v. Jackson

The record shows that in December, 1880, and long prior thereto, the plaintiff was in possession of the Coats place, which he now owns, and the defendant, Jackson, was in possession of an adjoining ranch, known as the Beaughan place. A dispute having arisen as to the boundary line between the two ranches, a surveyor was employed by plaintiff and defendant to make a survey and establish the true line. Such survey was made in December, 1880. The plaintiff testified as follows: “ Jackson had this land fenced up for a long time prior to the first day of September, 1886, — maybe four or five years…