Hurt v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. ““f?urely, if the declarations of a deceased person in reference to ancient boundary lines are admissible at all, as has been held by this court, those of James lynch, the grantee of the land, who lived on his league, and sold all three of these tracts, would be of the very highest authority, having been made when he had no interest whatever in favor of one or the other party.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tracy v. Eggleston