Cox v. BOWMAN ET UX

This is a suit by the plaintiffs Cox et al., against defendants Bowman, to quiet title to lands described in the complaint, which land, for convenience, the parties have designated as “Blackacre.” A decree was entered quieting plaintiffs’ title, and defendants appeal.

Blackacre is a small area of about one-third of an acre, which is the site of a spring, reservoir and right-of-way from said spring to another tract of about eleven acres, designated by the parties as “White-acre”, where the water is used. Blackacre is alleged and proven to be in the sole and exclusive possession of plaintiffs.…