Reed v. Firestack

Citations

• 93 Wash. 148
• 160 P. 292
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1165

Syllabus

<p>Boundaries — Location—Reestablishment — Evidence — Sufficiency. Evidence to fix a section corner one-balf mile from its true location as called for by tbe government field notes must be clear and certain.</p> <p>Same — Location—Reestablishment—Field Notes. Where there is no evidence of any of the interior section corners on a township line, commissioners appointed in pursuance of Rem. 1915 Code, § 948, properly reestablish the same by following the government field notes.</p> <p>Same — Proceedings to Reestablish — Report of Commissioners— Exceptions. In proceedings to reestablish a lost boundary line, under Rem. 1915 Code, § 948, exceptions need not be taken to the advisory report of the commissioners as to the location of a corner two miles distant, which they did not follow in their conclusions and which was disregarded by the court.</p> <p>Same — Reestablishment — Evidence. The location of a lost boundary line cannot be influenced by the fact that a section corner a mile distant had been recognized by a number of other owners not interested in the controversy, in the absence of evidence that it was the true corner.</p>