White v. Amrhien

Citations

• 14 S.D. 270
• 85 N.W. 191
• 1901 S.D. LEXIS 7

Syllabus

<p>1. The question of boundary between two quarter sections, the original monuments at the quarter section corners between the two sections having been long destroyed, is for the jury; plaintih, to establish these corners according to his contention, having introduced the evidence of surveyors, who claimed to have established the points at which the government mounds formerly stood by surveys made in accordance with the original government field notes showing the courses and distances, in connection with the existing monuments, and deiendant having introduced the testimony of witnesses who gave from recollection-the points where the mounds stood.</p> <p>2. Requested instructions, prepared and handed to the court after the argument’s were commenced, contrary to the rules of the court, are properly disregarded by it.</p>