Blair v. Brown

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

There was no allegation of error by appellant in this case except that the court erred in refusing to find the issue for defendant, and to sign the findings and conclusions tendered by the defendant (appellant here) and in finding said issues for the plaintiffs (respondents here). We are unable to find any error in this respect. It is purely a question of evidence, as to whether a mistake was made by the United States surveyor in 1856, and, while it is true that the courts will correct surveys which have been made through mistake or fraud,…