Sharpless v. Adkins

This is a suit to fix a boundary between contiguous tracts of land located in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, owned respectively by plaintiff and defendant. Plaintiff's petition alleges that the two estates belonging to plaintiff and defendant are situated in the same 40 acres, are adjacent and contiguous, and that the boundaries have never been established judicially or otherwise; that a dispute existed as to the location of the boundary between the said tracts, and, accordingly, plaintiff prayed the Court to order the making of a survey and for judgment fixing the boundaries.

A surveyor was duly…