Oliver S. Revell Estate v. Herron

The plaintiffs own a 40-acre tract of land. Surrounding it on the west, north, and east sides is a 200-acre tract formerly owned by Joseph Herron. For many years an old fence had marked what was supposed to be the north boundary of plaintiffs’ 40-acre tract. The Herron land was cleared and cultivated down to the fence line, and the land to the south, belonging to plaintiffs, had never been cleared.

About four years prior to the commencement of this action Joseph Herron moved a small two-room box house, then situated on the northwest portion of his tract, to a point just north of the fence…