Field's Heirs v. Klete

Opinion by

Judge Cofer:

There was .evidence conducing to prove that Hiram Klete and Fred Klete, under whom he claims, were in possession of portions of the land in contest as early as 1818, and were leasing and selling portions of it as their own. Fred Klete devised portions of it in his will dated in 1833. He died in 1834. The prices paid to those of Field’s devisees who conveyed their interests indicate that the title was then regarded as of but little value, and in connection with the great lapse of time between those purchases and these suits, justifies the conclusion that the purchases…