Driskill v. Atwood
Driskill v. Atwood
Opinion of the Court
Opinion of .the Court by
Reversing.
Appellant Driskill and appellee Atwood are two farmers owning adjoining lands in Livingston county. They are, and have been for several years past, disputing about the correct location of tbe property line between their farms, and this suit was brought by Atwood against Driskill to settle that -controversy, averring that the plaintiff Atwood was the owner and in possession of a certain described boundary of land, a part of which defendant Driskill was without right claiming, and this claim cast a -cloud upon the title of the plaintiff, to which petition is a prayer for the quieting of plaintiff’s title. The defendant, Driskill, answered and admitted that the plaintiff owned the tract of land described in his petition, and that the plaintiff was in possession thereof, but setting up another tract of land which the defendant averred he -owned and was in possession of, -and averred that the plaintiff was -claiming a part of that tract. Defendant also alleged that he processioned his lands in the way provided by sections 2367 to 2374, Kentucky Statutes, and that notwithstanding said proceeding the plaintiff was claiming a part of the land which the processioners found and reported to be that of the defendant. Each
The judgment, however, is confusing in that part describing the line. After setting forth the beginning corner as “100 feet south of the stone set up' by the precessioners near the eastern end of plaintiff Atwood’s south line, thence a straight line in a westerly direction to the southwe'st corner of plaintiff’s land, and which, as shown in this action, is not in'dispute,” it. adds: “Also extending from said point 100 feet south of the processioners’ stone in a westerly direction about eight poles to a white oak tree, the whole length of said line being about 96 poles.” The last part of the foregoing .description is confusing and the chancellor should so correct and modify the judgment as to make it plain that the division line between the lands of the plaintiff and defendant is
The judgment is therefore reversed for this purpose only.
Judgment reversed.
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