Taylor v. Wilkins

1. Where A lent certain finger-rings to B, and B, unknown to A, gave them to 0 as a present, the fact that 0 retained continuous open possession of them (claiming them as her property), in this State, for more than four years, does not' give her a good title by prescription, where it appears that B had never, to the knowledge of A, claimed title to the property nor refused to return the rings to A, and where it further appears that A had no knowledge that they were in the possession of C. Under such’ circumstances 0 did not have adverse possession of the property, within the meaning of…