McLaughlin v. Wilson

Action to quiet title to land in Washington County, under sec. 255, Mills’ Annotated Code. Appellee (plaintiff below) secured a decree against appellant, one of tne defendants.

The answer sets up three defenses to plaintiff’s cause of action: First, denies the ownership and possession of plaintiff; second, pleads title in defendant by virtue of treasurer’s tax deed, and further pleads the five years statute of limitations; third, pleads the seven years statute of limitations applicable to vacant and unoccupied lands.

At the trial plaintiff deraigned title from the government through sundry…