Roberts v. Menifee

*355Opinion op the Court by

William Eogers Clay, Commissioner

Eeversing.

Plaintiffs, John Eoberts and George Eoberts, brought this action against deféndants, Eufus Menifee' and A. ■ C. Menifee, to recover a tract of ten acres of land located in Bockcastle County, Kentucky. Plaintiffs alleged in this petition that they were the owners and entitled to the possession of the land. Defendants denied plaintiffs’ title, and pleaded title in themselves* By amended petition, plaintiffs pleaded that they had been in the actual, peaceable and adverse possession of the land for more than fifteen years prior to…