description in deed
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 50 U.S. 451 - John Doe v. Th · 1850Most cited · 10 citing opinions
monuments control distances
if the line on the north described by the local officers, not only by saying it bordered on the south boundary of the bakehouse lot, but by specifying where that boundary was, by stakes and stones, or trees, or some other monument, the legal difficulty and doubt might have been overcome... distance, if overreaching the true south boundary of the bakehouse lot, must yield to that as a monument
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