Potter v. Reece

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Reversing.

In this action, A. O. Reece recovered a strip of land claimed by Isom Potter and Potter appeals. There is but one question presented by the record, and that is, “Is the disputed land included in the Isom Potter patent? ” It is admitted that the Potter patent is older than the Childers patent, under which Reece is claiming. One of the corners called for in the Childers patent is a locust on a black rock. Reece insists that this black rock is also a corner of Potter’s patent. In the survey of the Potter patent, the two corners on either side…