Hart v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad

On the 4th day of September, 1863, the defendant, in consideration of the sum of $192, conveyed to the plaintiff' a tract of land in Macon' county, by deed containing covenants of indefeasible seizin, against incumbrances and for further assurance. The plaintiff bought the land for the timber which was on it, and never inclosed, cultivated or improved it. He paid taxes on it, however, until about the year 1870, when he learned that one Gepson had bought the land as swamp land from Macon county, about the year 1852, and thereupon he discontinued the payment of taxes. The record fails to…