Edwards County v. White County

Citations

• 85 Ill. 390

Syllabus

<p>1. County dine—act fining, for Edwards county, construed. The act of January 22, 1829, defining the southern boundary of the counties of Wayne and Edwards, provides that it shall begin at the S. W. cor. of sec. 18, T. 3 S., E. 5 E., and running thence east along the middle line of township 3 to the S. E. cor. of sec. 13, T. 3 S., R. 9 E., for the county of Wayne, and from thence east along said line to the Bon Pas creek, or to the Wabash river, as the case may be, for the county of Edwards. Owing to errors in the government surveys where this line reached another meridian, there was a jog in the lines of about ninety-five rods. It was held, that the line was not to be continued straight without reference to the jog, but was intended to run through the center of the several townships until it reached the creek or river, as the case might be.</p> <p>2. Same—long acquiescence in, binding. Where the public authorities, for a long series of years, have recognized a certain line as the boundary between their respective counties, public policy forbids that such line shall be changed, even though such line was not the one intended. „</p>