Gates v. Roberts

O’CONNELL, Justice.

This appeal from a final decree for defendant in ejectment is before the Court upon a stipulated record. The material facts appearing therefrom are:

The appellant Gates, in 1912, acquired title to certain realty, and made his home there with his family until their house was torn down in 1935. Between 1934 and 1941 the title passed to the state when appellant ceased to pay taxes, and the appellees, owners of the neighboring tract, commenced in 1939 to farm appellant’s land with their own. In 1941 the appellant bought back his original parcel from the Trustees of the Internal…