Pearl Township v. Thorp

Citations

• 17 S.D. 288
• 96 N.W. 99
• 1903 S.D. LEXIS 46

Syllabus

<p>Where a stake driven by a township engineer on land belonging to the township, for the purpose of indicating where a well should be driven by the township, was’ wrongfully removed by an unknown party and placed on the land of an individual, and after the well had been sunk there the latter sold the land, neither he nor the purchaser believing the well to be on the description sold, a decree in a suit by the township, providing that the purchaser reimburse the township for the well, or convey to it for a consideration the ground on which the well was situated, was proper.</p>