Morris v. Card

The original bill by the owner of the land was for redemption from tax title and to quiet title, and the decree was for relief.

The evidence shows chain of title of the vacant lot in the city to complainant, who took possession, fenced, and planted a hedge about the front and sides thereof. The contrary statement of fact as to possession by the respondent-appellant, that he was in possession when he secured a tax deed, claims adverse possession of three years by renting the land for the cutting of grass therefrom for the years 1920, 1921, and 1922, and that said possession began in the “spring…