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àPRESIDING€JUDGE,€MIDDLE€SECTIONÌÌÌCONCUR:ÌÌBEN€H.€CANTRELL,€JUDGE,ÌWILLIAM€C.€KOCH,€JR.,€JUDGE,ÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌSHANNON€BURKS€and€œWYLODINE›à à€€)ÌROBERSON,à àà àà àà àà à€€)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à€€)Ìà àPlaintiffs/Appellees,à àà à€€€à à€€)à à€€Ìà àà àà àà àà à€€€à à€€)€€à àLawrence€County€CircuitÌà àà àà àà àà à€€€à à€€)€€à àNo.€13970ÌVS.à àà àà àà àà à€€€à à€€)Ìà àà àà àà àà à€€€à à€€)€à àAppeal€No.Ìà àà àà àà àà à€€€à à€€)€€à à01A01„9602„CV„00075Ì€CALVIN€GOBBLE,à àà àà àà à€€)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à€€)Ìà àœDefendant/Appellant.›à àà àà à€€)ÌÌÌÌò òòòÓ  ÓO€€P€€I€€N€€I€€O€€Nóóó óÌÌÌÓÓÓ  ÓThe€Defendant,€Calvin€Gobble,€has€appealed€from€the€judgment€of€the€Trial€Court€establishing€theÏboundary€between€the€land€of€Defendant€and€that€of€Plaintiff,€awarding€Plaintiff€$1,000€damages,Ïand€enjoining€Defendant,€his€family€and€employees€from€trespassing€upon€Plaintiffððs€land€orÏthreatening€or€harassing€Plaintiff€or€his€family.ÌÌà àDefendant€presents€two€issues€for€review€of€which€the€first€is:ÌÓÓà àà àI.€€€€€Whether€the€Circuit€Court€has€subject€matterÌà àà àjurisdiction€to€hear€a€boundary€line€case?ÌÓÓÌà àT.C.A.€ðð€16„11„106€reads€in€part€as€follows:Ìà àà à€€€€ÓÓ€€€€ò òBoundary€disputesó ó.€„€(a)€The€chancery€court€hasÌà àà àjurisdiction€to€hear€and€determine€all€cases€in€whichÌà àà àthe€boundary€line€or€lines€of€adjoining€or€contiguous€Ìà àà àtracts€of€land€is€one,€or€the€only,€question€at€issue€in€Ìà àà àthe€case.ÌÓÓÌà àIt€is€noteworthy€that€the€quoted€statute€does€not€confer€òòexclusiveóó€jurisdiction€upon€theÏChancery€Court€in€boundary€line€cases.ÌÌà àT.C.A.€ðð€16„10„111€provides:ÌÓÓà àà à€€€€ò òEquity€powersó ó.€„€Any€suit€of€an€equitable€nature,€Ìà àà àbrought€in€the€circuit€court,€where€objection€has€not€been€Ìà àà àtaken€to€the€jurisdiction,€may€be€transferred€to€the€chancery€Ìà àà àcourt€of€the€county,€or€heard€and€determined€by€the€circuit€Ìà àà àcourt€upon€the€principles€of€a€court€of€equity,€with€power€to€Ìà àà àorder€and€take€all€proper€accounts,€and€otherwise€to€perform€Ìà àà àthe€functions€of€a€chancery€court.ÌÓÓà àà à€€€€Ìà àNo€published€authority€is€cited€or€found€wherein€a€boundary€dispute€was€heard€by€a€CircuitÏCourt€under€the€authority€of€the€last€quoted€statute.€€However,€Circuit€Court€judgments€have€beenÏupheld€in€a€suit€to€invalidate€an€election,€òòCattett€v.€Knoxvilleóó€òòS€&€E€Ryóó,€120€Tenn.€699,€112€S.W.Ï559€(1908),€a€suit€to€annul€a€marriage.€€òòSouthern€Ry€v.€Basketteóó,€175€Tenn€253,€133€S.W.2d€498Ï(1939),€and€a€suit€for€rescission€of€a€lease,€where€no€objection€was€made€to€jurisdiction.ÌÌà àNo€reason€occurs€to€this€Court€why€T.C.A.€ðð€16„10„111€should€not€be€inapplicable€to€aÏsuit€to€resolve€a€boundary€dispute€erroneously€brought€in€the€Circuit€Court€and€tried€there€withoutÏœobjection.€No€record€is€cited€or€found€of€any€objection€to€the€Trial€Court€as€to€its€jurisdiction.›ÌÌà àThe€Circuit€Court€is€a€court€of€general€jurisdiction.€€T.C.A.€ðð€16„10„101.ÌÌà àNo€authority€is€cited€or€found€which€holds€that€the€general€jurisdiction€of€the€Circuit€CourtÏdoes€or€does€not€include€boundary€disputes.€€No€reason€occurs€to€this€Court€why€a€Court€ofÏgeneral€jurisdiction€would€not€be€authorized€to€decide€any€dispute€not€exclusively€committed€toÏsome€other€Court.ÌœÌà àDefendantððs€first€issue€is€found€to€be€without€merit.Ì›Ìà àDefendantððs€second,€and€last€issue€is:ÌÓÓà àà àII.€€€€Whether€the€Trial€Court€erred€in€placing€theÌà àà àboundary€line€in€the€middle€of€a€road€when€allÌà àà àof€the€witnesses€testified€the€boundary€line€wasÌà àà àlocated€south€of€the€road?ÌÓÓà àA€tax€map€of€the€area€of€the€dispute€is€appended€to€this€opinion€as€Exhibit€A.€€The€propertyÏof€œPlaintiffs›€fronts€on€the€northerly€side€of€Danby€Road€at€its€intersection€with€Posey€Circle€RoadÏœwhich,›€in€its€œnorth„south›€section,€forms€the€westerly€boundary€of€œPlaintiffsðð›€land.€€At€or€near€theÏnorthwest€corner€of€œPlaintiffsðð›€land€there€is€a€sharp€curve€or€turn€in€Posey€Circle€Road€which€thenÏextends€eastward€from€the€turn.€€The€disputed€boundary€between€œPlaintiffsðð›€land€and€DefendantððsÍland€is€in€the€vicinity€of€this€east„west€section€of€Posey€Circle€Road.ÌÌà àPlaintiffs€employed€a€surveyor,€J.€T.€Dixon,€whose€survey€produced€the€map€appended€toÏthis€opinion€as€Exhibit€B€establishing€the€disputed€line€near€the€southerly€margin€of€the€east/westÏsection€of€Posey€Circle€Road€in€approximately€the€position€shown€in€the€tax€map.€€This€suit€wasÏbrought€to€establish€this€boundary€and€to€obtain€injunction€relief€and€damages.ÌÌà àDefendant€introduced€evidence€that€his€land€extended€across€Posey€Circle€Road€for€someÏdistance,€but€failed€to€provide€any€specific€location€of€the€boundary.€€ÌÌà àThe€Trial€Court€determined€the€boundary€in€the€following€language:ÌÓÓà àà à€€€€It€is€therefore,€ò òORDERED,€ADJUDGEDó ó€and€ò òDECREEDó óÌà àà àthat€the€boundary€line€between€the€Plaintiffs€and€the€œDefendant›Ìà àà àherein€be€determined€to€be€as€follows:ÌÌà àà à€€€€BEGINNING€at€a€point€in€the€center€of€the€diameter€of€Ìà àà àPosey€Circle€Road€where€it€turns€generally€from€North€andÌà àà àSouth€to€East€and€West€and€being€approximately€34€feet€Ìà àà àNorth€of€that€point€shown€as€the€Northwest€corner€of€theÌà àà àmap€in€Exhibit€No.€3€hereto,€thence€running€in€an€Easterly€Ìà àà àdirection€parallel€with€the€North€line€shown€on€the€map€Ìà àà àattached€hereto€as€Exhibit€No.€3€to€a€point€in€the€boundary€Ìà àà àline€between€the€Defendant€Gobble€and€Willie€Johnson;€Ìà àà àthence€Southwesterly€with€said€boundary€line€to€an€iron€pin.ÌÌà àà àThe€Court€further€orders€and€directs€J.T.€Dixon€to€surveyà àÌà àà àsaid€line€and€to€prepare€a€description€incorporating€said€line;Ìà àà àwhich€said€description€will€become€a€part€of€this€Order.€à àà à€€€€ÌÓÓÌà àMr.€Dixon€composed€a€description€of€the€line€appended€to€œthis›€opinion€as€Exhibit€D.€€TheÏmaterial€portion€of€said€description€is:ÌÓÓà àà à€....€€to€a€spike€in€or€near€the€center€of€road,€the€pointÌà àà àdesigned€by€Judge€James€Hamilton;€thence€with€the€Ìà àà àdecreed€line€between€James€C.€Gobble€and€Shannon€Ìà àà àBurks,€S€81€deg.€25'€15"€E,€along€or€near€the€center€Ìà àà àof€Posey€Circle€Road,€leaving€said€road€at€870.0€feet€Ìà àà àand€continuing€with€the€decreed€line€to€a€total€of€Ìà àà à1461.63€feet€to€an€iron€pin€in€the€WBL€of€Willie€Johnson.€ÌœÌ›ÌÓÓà àIn€this€appeal€from€a€non„jury€judgment,€the€factual€finding€of€the€Trial€Judge€as€to€theÏlocation€of€the€disputed€boundary€is€presumed€correct€unless€the€evidence€preponderatesÏotherwise.€€T.R.A.P.€Rule€13d.ÌÌà àWhen€the€Trial€Court€has€made€a€decision€which€hinges€upon€the€credibility€of€witnesses,Ïit€will€not€be€reversed€unless,€other€than€the€oral€testimony€of€witnesses,€there€is€found€in€theÏrecord€other€real€evidence€which€compels€a€contrary€conclusion.€€State€ex€rel€òòBalsinger€v.€Town€ofÏMadisonvilleóó,€222€Tenn.€272,€435€S.W.2d€803€(1968);òò€McReynolds€v.€Cherokee€Ins.€Coóó.,€Tenn.ÏApp.€1991,€815€S.W.2d€208.€ÌÌà àOf€course,€the€foregoing€rules€are€not€applicable€if€the€finding€of€the€Trial€Judge€isÏunsupported€by€any€material€evidence.ÌÌà àIn€the€present€case,€all€of€the€evidence€presented€by€Plaintiffs€and€œDefendant›€was€to€theÍeffect€that€the€true€boundary€was€in€œsome›€position€south€of€the€south€margin€of€the€east„westÏsection€of€Posey€Circle€Road.€€There€is€evidence€that€Plaintiffsðð€òòwesterlyóó€line€follows€the€center€ofÏthe€north„south€section€of€Posey€Circle€Road,€but€there€is€no€evidence€that€the€òònorthernóó€boundaryÏof€œPlaintiffsðð›€property€follows€the€center€line€of€Posey€Circle€Road€after€the€sharp€curve€at€theÏnorthwest€corner€of€œPlaintiffsðð›€property.€€There€is€uncontradicted€evidence€that€the€east„westÏsection€of€Posey€Circle€Road€has€been€an€ill€defined€dirt€road,€the€location€of€which€has€changedÏfrom€time€to€time.ÌÌà àFor€this€reason,€this€Court€is€unable€to€affirm€the€judgment€of€the€Trial€Court€which€placesÏthe€northern,€disputed,€boundary€in€the€center€of€Posey€Circle€Road.ÌÌà àIn€this€situation,€this€Court€has€the€duty€to€find€the€facts€in€accordance€with€theÏpreponderance€of€the€evidence€if€it€can€do€so.ÌÌà àAs€heretofore€indicated,€œPlaintiffsðð›€version€of€the€line€is€supported€by€testimony€andÏdocumentary€evidence€of€a€licensed€surveyor€and€his€employee€who€identified€visible€monumentsÏsupporting€their€conclusions.€€The€Defendantððs€version€of€the€line€is€supported€by€his€personalÏopinion€which€is€not€clearly€defined.€€Defendant€also€presented€the€testimony€of€an€employee€of€aÏformer€surveyor€as€to€different€monuments€observed€by€him.€€œDefendant›€presented€no€evidenceÏfrom€which€the€location€of€the€line€could€be€determined€with€œspecificity.€€The€descriptions€in€theÏdeeds€in€the€record€are€not€helpful€in€locating€the€disputed€boundary.›ÌÌà àThis€Court€finds€that€the€correct€boundary€between€the€land€of€œPlaintiffs›€and€that€ofÏDefendant€is€that€which€appears€on€Exhibit€3€to€the€record€and€Exhibit€B€to€this€opinion.ÌÌà àThis€modification€of€the€judgment€will€result€in€a€corresponding€modification€in€the€scopeÏof€the€injunction€included€in€the€judgment€and€reconsideration€of€the€amount€of€damages€awardedÏto€Plaintiff.ÌÌà àThe€judgment€of€the€Trial€Court€is€modified€as€set€out€herein.€€Costs€of€this€appeal€areÏassessed€against€the€appellant.€€The€cause€is€remanded€to€the€Trial€Court€for€entry€of€judgment€inÏconformity€with€this€opinion,€for€reassessment€of€damages€and€for€such€other€proceedings€as€mayÏbe€necessary€and€proper.ÌœÌÌ›ÌÓ  ÓMODIFIED€AND€REMANDED.ÌÓ  ÓÌÓÓà àà àà àà àà à_____________________________________Ìà àà àà àà àà àHENRY€F.€TODDà àÌà àà àà àà àà àPRESIDING€JUDGE,€MIDDLE€SECTIONÌÓÓÌCONCUR:ÌÓÓÌ_____________________________________ÌBEN€H.€CANTRELL,€JUDGEÌÌÌ_____________________________________ÌWILLIAM€C.€KOCH,€JR.,€JUDGEÌÓÓÌÌÔ€Ô