New York Court of Appeals
Miles Higinbotham, Respondents v. Grove W. Stoddard, Appellant
January 15, 187872 N.Y. 94
Summary
The Court affirmed the trial judge’s construction of the deed, holding that the specified courses, distances, and quantity control over the ambiguous monument description, and that the defendant’s possession did not void the plaintiffs’ deed because it was not based on a specific adverse title.