Coslin v. Crossett Co.

The appellee, The Crosseffc Company, is the record owner of the 318 acres involved in this case. The company brought this suit to cancel, as a cloud upon its title, a deed which the appellant obtained to the land in 1958, and to enjoin the appellant from trespassing upon the property. As her sole defense the appellant asserted title to the land by adverse possession. This appeal is from a decree rejecting this defense, as not sustained by the proof, and granting the relief sought by the plaintiff.

Many years ago the lands in question were owned by the appellant’s father, E. E. Callaway, who…