Burns v. Mims

The appellee, alleging adverse possession for fourteen years, brought suit to quiet his title to certain land near Little Rock. The appellant, who has record title to the three lots involved on this appeal, disputes the fact of adverse possession. The decree was for the plaintiff.

The record supports the chancellor’s conclusion. In 1940 the appellee, with color of title to only part of the tract, took possession of what had been platted as six contiguous blocks in Interurban Heights Addition. Each block is 100 yards square; the six blocks, with intervening streets that were dedicated but not…