Johnson v. Brown

In construing the entry on which the claim of the appellees is founded, several real difficulties arise. The first call — beginning one-half mile above the mouth of Grier’s creek — leaves it uncertain, whether half a mile from the mouth of that creek, or half a mile from its mouth on the water course into which it empties, or what particular point, was intended by the locator. But in the subsequent calls — to include both sides — and north for the largest part — Grier’s creek must necessarily be understood, no other object being named in the entry; so likewise Grier’s creek must be understood…