Gibson v. Huff

Action in the lower court for possession of real property, begun April 1, 1911. Plaintiff alleged and proved title in himself. Defendant pleaded and proved, to the satisfaction of the trial court, his claim under the seven years’ statute of limitation, sec. 4089, Rev. St. 1908, and had judgment. Plaintiff brings error.

The first assignment is that the court erred in admitting the tax deed offered by defendant as color of title, over plaintiff’s objection that it was “incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial, and not responsive to any issue raised in the cause.” The evidence was competent,…