Hemmingway v. Drew

Graves, 0. J.

Drew brought ejectment for 40 acres consisting of two twenty-acre parcels in the several occupation of the Hemmingways, the defendant Bichardson being tenant of the female defendant. He proved a patent from the government to James Sherman in 1839; a conveyance from Sherman to John Snyder in 1855 ; and a deed from Snyder to himself in 1879. To this evidence of right the defendants opposed two defences: First, adverse possession; and, secondly, certain tax titles. The circuit judge took the case from the jury and directed a verdict in favor of Drew.

The tax titles asserted accrued…