Varney v. Orinoco Mining Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The subject matter of this litigation is a small tract of land containing about 22 acres located in Pike county. The shape of the tract corresponds in a large measure to that of a stringed bow, familiar to every country boy and which he uses to throw his arrows. A ridge corresponding to the bow in the illustration separates the waters of Sand Lick branch from those of Mud Lick branch just before they each empty into Pond creek. On February 9,1849, Thomas Hunt obtained a survey of 150 acres of land lying south of the ridge on the Mud Lick side, and…