Supreme Court of South Carolina May 15, 1818 (Peay v. Briggs)

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Nott.

The principle heretofore established by the x x j decisions of this Court is, that where a person , -iii-j ii t i purchases land by metes and bounds represented to contain a certain number of acres, “ more or less,’’’’ he is entitled to recover all the lands within the prescribed limits, whatever the number of acres may be.