Ball v. Messmore

This is a suit by the ap-pellee to quiet his title to 170 acres of land. The appellants intervened and asked that they he permitted to show title in themselves to part' of a twenty-acre tract that was claimed in its entirety by the appellee. The suit became in substance a boundary line dispute and resulted in a decree fixing the boundary along an old fence line that crosses the tract. The appellants contend that the line should have been fixed along a branch that runs through the. tract.

The decree is in accordance with the weight of the evidence. Neither side established, or even attempted to…