Grigsby v. Williams

The 'opinión of thé court was delivered by

BURCH, J.:

The plaintiff, Grigsby, brought suit to quiet his title to a tract of land. His title was based on á deed from the holder of the patent title, dated in May, 1901, and a tax title, procured in the year 1902, based on a tax deed dated in September, 1900. Defendant Fred L. Morris set up a note and mortgage given in 1886 by the then owner of the land, and asked that the mortgage be foreclosed. In reply the plaintiff pleaded the five-year statute of limitations .against the note and mortgage, adverse possession of the land for the statutory…