Terwilliger v. White

Fishburne, Justice.

This was an action to try title to a small lot of land which the plaintiff claims to have acquired by adverse possession. The jury found for the defendant, Malinda Green White, and awarded damages, actual and punitive. The appeal brings up for review several questions, but the main issue, as we view it, is whether the trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict in favor of appellant.

We will not undertake to state in detail the testimony relating to the character of the adverse possession asserted by appellant. A general review of the evidence will demonstrate that in…