Watt v. Donnell

Philips, C.

This is an action of ejectment for the recovery of the possession of forty acres of land. The answer only claimed possession of a small portion of the forty, acres inclosed, and as to the part so claimed it pleaded the statute of limitations as a bar to plaintiff’s action.

The plaintiff" claimed title through a tax deed executed in 1878 to the forty acres in question, including other lands. The record in the proceedings for the enforcement of the alleged tax lien shows that the suit was instituted against one Henry Whiten, as the owner of the land, who was a non-resident. Judgment…