Craig v. Rogers
Craig v. Rogers
Opinion of the Court
The Opiniost or the Court, on this part of the cause, proceeds thus- — Conformably to the former decisions ofthis court, Grant’s settlement of400 acres should have been surveyed in a square, with the spring in the centre it calls to include, and the lines to the cardinal points;
But it is not shewn in what part of the settlement and pre-emption Grant’s station was situated ; nor that it was in any part of them ; which renders the precise situation of Craig’s first entry of 400 acres uncertain. Grant’s pre-emption entry, however, is made “ joining the settlement at the station and as this ought to be taken as a part of Craig’s entry, it is conceived it was sufficient notice to other locators that Grant’s station stood at or on this settlement -; and that Craig intended to survey his entry accordingly.
The only defect is, it does not appear on what part of the settlement the station stood, or was supposed by Craig to have stood; and Craig must suffer to the extent of this uncertainty.
Other locators were justifiable in presuming that Grant’s station might only be just included within either the east or west boundary of his settlement; and without further proof than is exhibited in this suit, Craig can hold no more of this entry than will adjoin, with propriety, Grant’s settlement and pre-emption, when laid down according to both these presumptions. This doctrine is contained in the first opinion of this court, Morgan vs. Robinson
[a) Pr. dec. 269.
This was the mode of furveying this claim moil favorable to Rogers.
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