Marshall v. Bruce

The principal issue presented by plaintiffs’ appeal in this boundary dispute is whether artificial monuments referred to in the controlling deed take precedence over specific distances set forth in the deed. We hold that they do. The trial judge reached a similar conclusion, and we affirm.

Plaintiffs’ property abuts that of defendants on the latters’ southern and eastern boundaries. Deeds in both parties’ chain of title refer to four metal stakes placed in the four corners of defendants’ property. The parties agree that defendants’ southwest corner is marked by a steel fencepost. The distance…