delivered the opinion of the Court*
The decision of this cause depends upon the construction of the deed of James Lloyd, under whom the plaintiff claims. If, by such construction, lot No. 4, contains the locus in quo, the verdict must be set aside; if not, then judgment must be entered on the verdict in favor of the defendants. It is a well settled principle, that whatever is included within the bounds of a lot as it was actually located upon the face of the earth, is to be considered as a part of such lot; and, to use the language of the court in the case of Pike v. Dyke 2. Greenl. 213, “ Where lots have been granted, designated by number according to a plan referred to, which has resulted from an actual survey, the lines and corners made and fixed by that survey, have been uniformly respected in this State, as determining the extent and bounds of the respective lots.” It is admitted that by the ¿dan of
