Jansen v. Clayton

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

This is an action in ejectment concerning 265 acres of land in Houston County. The trial judge granted summary judgment to the defendants, holding (1) that they had paid the taxes on the land for more than twenty years and the plaintiff had not, (2) that the plaintiff was guilty of laches, and (3) that the defendants had adversely possessed the property for more than seven years under recorded assurances of title. We affirm the trial judge’s application of the defense of laches but hold that the record does not conclusively show who paid the taxes in the twenty year…