Boudreaux v. Shadyside Co.

TATE, Judge.

This is a boundary action.

The defendant-appellant (“Shady-side”) had in 1947 sold the eastern portion of a large plantation to the Grand Woods Corporation, which four months later conveyed this same property to the plaintiffs. The recorded conveyances in practically identical terms described the property sold as:

“That certain tract * * * designated and described on the Map * * * by the Orange Colored Lines, said map * * * attached to [the initial deed] and made part of [both deeds,] * * * [and] containing one thousand fifty (1050) acres, more or less. * * *” (Italics ours.)

This…