Newton, Cir. Clk. v. American Security Company

Rural lands in this state are usually described in conveyances thereof with reference to the.public surveys made by the Federal Government. But it is of daily occurrence, in every county in the state, for deeds to be executed in which the lands may not be thus sufficiently and accurately described. Lands may be divided and partition thereof made in a manner which would make descriptions by metes and bounds of the subdivided parts essential if the surveys of the divided parts may not be evidenced by a map of the survey dividing, or subdividing, the lands to which reference may be made. A…