Dunstan v. Stork

Ohio Supreme Court
Dunstan v. Stork, 3 Ohio Law. Abs. 51 (Ohio 1925)

Dunstan v. Stork

Opinion of the Court

Elizabeth Dunstan owned a lot in Lorain; adjacent to which was a lot owned by Stork. The boundary line by which Mrs. Dunstan went by was one established by a survey in 1895. The uses she made of the lot were claimed to be consistent with the boundary line as indicated by the survey. Stork in 1921 had a re-survey made of his property, and when it was completed built a fence so as to infringe upon the property of Mrs. Dunstan under the boundary line established by survey made in 1895.

In the Lorain Common Pleas both parties waived a jury and the court decided a compromise should be made. When this decision was Bttaken up on error, the Court of Appeals af-Hpirmed the trial court’s judgment; and again, on a rehearing, the Appeals affirmed the judgment.

The plaintiffs present the points involved in the case, for' consideration by the Supreme Court, as follows:

1. Does the trial court have power to effect a compromise in a dispute over land, without the consent of the parties litigant?

2. Is it error to find that a re-survey shall prevail over a survey 30 years old, and when boundaries have been recognized by parties ?

3. Is it error to exclude all testimony upon one of two causes of action in a lawsuit, on the ground that all evidence pertaining thereto is too speculative for admission, when allegations of petition setting forth said cause of action are properly put in issue by pleading?

Reference

Full Case Name
DUNSTAN v. STORK
Status
Published