Sherman v. State

The defendant was convicted of trespass after warning. The defendant waived trial by a jury, and the case was tried by the court. The facts show that one Ellis, the prosecutor, and one Blackman were adjacent land owners; that the exact location of the dividing line between them had not been definitely fixed, and neither party claimed the land to any ascertained boundary. Under these circumstances early in the year 1894 two of their neighbors were called in, who, as well as they could without compass, ran a line between them. That Blackman did not accept the line thus located as the correct…