Section 11-19-55 - Either party may have a survey made

In case either party shall desire a survey to be made of the premises sued for in ejectment, he may cause the same to be made, after the institution of the suit, by applying to the clerk of the court in which the suit is brought to issue a commission for that purpose, directed to the county surveyor, or other surveyor, authorizing him to make a survey of the premises, and report the same, under oath, to the court at the next term. Such a survey shall not be made without first giving five days' notice to the opposite party at the time of making the same. The party at whose instance the survey was made shall pay the expenses thereof, but may recover the same as costs, in case he succeed in the action and the judgment be that the survey was necessary in deciding the issue.Codes, 1857, ch. 55, art. 21; 1871, § 1558; 1880, § 2492; 1892, § 1653; 1906, § 1828; Hemingway's 1917, § 1461; 1930, § 1454; 1942, § 805.