Pritchard v. Rebori
Supreme Court of Tennessee
186 S.W. 121 (1916)
Pritchard (plaintiff) bought land from Rebori (defendant) under a deed describing the boundary as extending to the railroad's right-of-way, based on both parties' shared belief that a fence built by the railroad marked that boundary; after purchase, Pritchard discovered the actual, unmarked right-of-way extended further into the parcel than the fence indicated, and he sued for breach of the deed's warranty against encumbrances after buying substitute land to satisfy the railroad's actual right-of-way claim.
Whether, under Tennessee law, extrinsic evidence is admissible to determine the boundaries of the parcel intended to be conveyed by a legal description that references the recorded boundary line of an adjacent parcel.