The last line of a boundary was from a white oak (which stood half a mile from the river), thence along the river to the beginning: Held, that the river is the boundary.
WILLIAMS and HAYWOOD, JJ., after argument:
The river in this case must be considered as the boundary of Gee's patent. It has always been thus uniformly decided in our courts.
The jury so found, and there was judgment accordingly.
Cited: Hartsfield v. Westbrook, post, 258; Cherry v. Slade, 7 N.C. 85; Hurley v. Morgan, 18 N.C. 430; Slade v. Neal, 19 N.C. 62; Shultz v. Young, 25 N.C. 387; McPhaul v. Gilchrist, 29 N.C. 173; Literary Board v. Clark, 31 N.C. 61; Baxter v. Wilson, 95 N.C. 143; Brown v. House, 118 N.C. 878; Bowen v. Gaylord, 122 N.C. 820; Rowe v. Lumber Co., 133 N.C. 437; Whitaker v. Cover, 140 N.C. 284; Boyden v. Hagaman, 169 N.C. 202; Power Co. v. Savage, 170 N.C. 629.
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