Baker v. Smith

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This suit to try title to 3.63 acres of land was instituted by two sisters, Hazel Smith and Wyoma Jamison. They claimed title by virtue of a decree in a partition suit in 1945. Appellants based their claim on a tax forfeiture and adverse possession. The court held that appellants took possession of the lands under a rental agreement with appellees and that the purchase of the tax title by appellants, being tenants, amounted to a redemption in favor of appellees. The court also rejected the plea of adverse possession.

Appellee Hazel Smith testified that appellees had lived…