Brooks v. Michos

Plaintiffs and defendant own adjacent lots. The location of the boundary line between the two lots is disputed by the parties, leaving-ownership of a 3-foot strip in controversy. Defendant began construction of a building on his lot for which a trench was dug and footings poured extending, as plaintiffs claim, 3 feet over plaintiffs’ side of the dividing- line.

Plaintiffs filed a bill in chancery claiming- ownership of the disputed 3-foot strip, alleging themselves to be in possession and that defendant was threatening to block their use thereof, and praying that they be decreed to be the…