Fortson v. Caudell

The evidence shows without dispute that in ascertaining the line in this case the processioners laid out a line described in a deed and plat attached. They did not lay out a line from physical marks on the face of the earth and mark anew an old line once physically established. The surveyor testified: “I ran the line according to this plat which has been introduced in evidence made by Mr. Stone in 1919 and the deed accompanying the plat; I followed the deed that was submitted to me that day.” Both parties agreed on one corner which had been marked and in the past the line described in the…