Allmon v. Stevens

Citations

• 68 Ill. 89

Syllabus

<p>1. Surveys — establishing lost corners underact of 1869. Surveyors appointed under the provisions of the act of March 25, 1869, entitled “An. act to provide for the permanent survey of lands,” have no power to establish neAV corners or lines. They are only authorized to ascertain the original corners and lines and re-establish them.</p> <p>3. The fact that the corner of a quarter of laud, as found by the surveyors, is not in a direct line with the corresponding corners of other sections north and south of it, without- deflecting the line running north and south, affords no sufficient ground for not approving their report, for the reason that by reference to the notes returned by the government surveyor, it appears that many section corners on the lines from, north to south, and vice versa, are not on a direct line, but the line deflects east and west more or less. Neither is the line dividing a section always to be found in the exact centre of the section.</p>