Puntt v. Zimmer

Citations

• 19 Ohio C.C. Dec. 721

Syllabus

<p>ADVERSE POSSESSION — DEEDS.</p> <p>Jelke, Swing and Giffen, JJ.</p> <p>1. Construction of Division Dine Description of Deed.</p> <p>Where the description contained in a deed reads “n rth with the half section line,” the phrase denotes direction and not necessarily that the line intended is identical with the half section line, and the line connecting the corners and not the half section line must be taken as the dividing line.</p> <p>[For other cases in point, see 3 Cyc. Dig., “Deeds,” §§ 639-705. — Ed.]</p> <p>2. Effect of Construing Deed bt Parties.</p> <p>But where it was believed by the grantor and the grantee that the corners were located in' the half section line, and both have acted on that belief, the grantee acquires title by adverse possession to the strip lying between the half section line and the true line.</p> <p>[For other cases in point, see 1 Cyc. Dig., “Adverse Possession.” §§ 4-20.— Ed.]</p> <p>[Syllabus approved by the court.]</p>