The applicants sought confirmation of the boundary between their property and the objectors' property under the Boundaries Act.
The applicants' surveyors relied on a historic stone row as the best evidence of the original boundary line, which resulted in the boundary cutting through a portion of an existing barn.
The objectors argued for a different boundary line based on a cut line made by a previous owner, which would place the entire barn on their property.
The Deputy Director of Titles accepted the applicants' survey evidence, finding that the stone row was constructed when the original monuments were in place and well known, and thus constituted the best available evidence of the boundary under the hierarchy of evidence rule.
The objection was dismissed and the boundary was confirmed as proposed by the applicants.
