Cornelison v. . Hammond

The deed of plaintiffs calls for the Hammond corner as the beginning corner and the Hammond deed refers to the same point as the W. B. Lassiter corner. Location of this beginning point is the primary issue. When that is established, the location of the line will become routine.

The court held that there was no sufficient evidence that the pine at Black A, relied on by plaintiffs as the corner, is in fact a marked corner and so instructed the jury. It then gave these further instructions:

“The Court instructs you that Black E is the terminus of the first call in the deed from W. B. Lassiter to…