Scott v. Williams

Citations

• 74 Kan. 448
• 87 P. 550
• 1906 Kan. LEXIS 86

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Title and Ownership — Adverse Possession — Mistake as to Boundary. One who has title to a certain quarter-section of land, and by mistake as to the boundary-line occupies a strip of land in an adjoining section owned by another, without any intention to take and hold land beyond the section-line or to claim land which does not belong to him, will not acquire title to such strip by adverse possession.</p> <p>2. Evidence — Record Containing an Original Payer. A volume of .the records of permanent surveys of the county surveyor, forming a part of the public records of the county, is not discredited as evidence because it may contain an original paper of a survey instead of a copy of such paper.</p>