Woods v. Linder

Complainant Woods filed his bill to remove cloud from and confirm the title to certain lands in Lafayette County. By mutual concessions of counsel, the controversy has been restricted to a tract lying in the south half of the southeast quarter of section 31, Township 8, Eange 3 West, in said county. Several bases for complainant’s claim were contested and argued at length. These include the alleged purpose of compainant’s grantor to convey, .the land in question, adverse possession and a tax patent to complainant. The trial court brushed aside the last mentioned muniment of title as void for…