Anderson

Action of ejectment, and the matter in dispute is as to the true location of the line separating the land of plaintiff from that of defendant.. The defendant recovered judgment.

‘1. It appears that on March 22, 1882, the Gualala Mill Company and William Bihler were the owners of the land described in the complaint, and upon that day conveyed the same to Platt and Boyd, to whose title the plaintiff has succeeded, and the real question in controversy is, whether any part of the land of which defendant is in possession, and to which he claims title, is within the description contained in the deed made by said mill company and Bihler to the grantors of plaintiff. The description of the land so conveyed to the grantors of plaintiff, so far as necessary to be here stated, is as follows: “ Commencing at the upper gate-post on the county road leading from Fisk’s Mills to Fisherman’s Bay, .... thence north 36|° west, 51 chains, to a stake with rock mound on shore; thence leaving the shore, north 37° 10' east, 100 chains, to a stake; thence .... to a redwood tree with three stems; .... thence .... to Kruse & Uhler’s fence,” etc.

It will thus be seen that in describing the boundaries of…