Clark v. . Wagoner

The facts pertinent to the points decided, are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court.

Under the charge of his Honor below, the jury returned a (706) verdict for the plaintiff. Judgment and appeal by defendant. This was a question of boundary, in which it became necessary to locate the calls of a grant to Samuel Houston, worded as follows, "fifty acres lying, c., in Iredell county, on the Catawba river, including two small islands in said river. Beginning on a stake at the upper end of the island, thence south thirty-five degrees east, fifty-three poles to a stake, the lower end of…