19-1405. Surveys for use in court; administration of oath; testimony of witnesses.
19-1405
19-1405. Surveys for use in court; administration of oath; testimony
of witnesses.
When any county surveyor or his deputy may be called upon to make any
survey or surveys, which is or are to be used in any court, the adverse
party having notice of the time of making such survey or surveys, such
county surveyor or deputy is hereby authorized and required, upon
application of either party, to administer an oath or affirmation to any
witness who may be brought to prove any corner or line of such survey or
surveys, or of any material or artificial object or mark which may be
necessary to identify the same; which testimony shall be reduced to
writing, and subscribed by the witness or witnesses, and a return made
thereof to the court, with the return of the surveyor.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 157; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1405.