Case Name: DAVIDSON'S LESSEE vs. SHELTON
Court: Tennessee Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1804-09
Citations: 2 Overt. 1
Docket Number: 
Parties: DAVIDSON’S LESSEE vs. SHELTON
Judges: 
Reporter: Tennessee Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 1–2

Head Matter:
DAVIDSON’S LESSEE vs. SHELTON
KNOXVILLE,
Sept. 1804.

Opinion:
The surveyor of the plaintiff's land, was produced to prove that he had never been on the land, or made any marks for the corners, sed per curiam. Campbell J and Overton J. White J. absent. The surveyor cannot be called to invalidate his own act, his plat being of record must be conclusive on him as surveyor in this instance.
A Surveyor not permitted to contradict the record of his survey.