Hunter v. Chrisman
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from the Jessamine Circuit. Eiectment. Case 97. The casestated, The -possessession of dand intended to be within a particular survey, but ‘by mistake ofthe possessor extended beyond such survey, butby no ■marked boundary, though held for 20 years gives no right to hold beyond the actual inclosure.
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Maeseali,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this action of ejectment, the plaintiff’s right of re•covery is asserted on the sole ground of twenty years’ possession in those under whom he claims. There seems 1o be no question upon the evidence that there had been ■a possession by those from whom the plaintiff claims, of more than twenty .years duration, before the entry of the *464defendant, and within the boundary now claimed by each party, but the question is as to the extent of that possession. For the purpose of illustrating this question, the plaintiff rend in evidence a deed from…
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