Horton v. Gentry

William M. Horton and Eva L. Horton instituted this action on February 12, 1947, against J.W. Gentry and Mary E. Gentry and others to quiet title to a specified 140 acre tract of vacant, unimproved and uncultivated woods pasture land in Camden county, Missouri. Only the Gentrys contested plaintiffs' title. Plaintiffs pleaded ownership by virtue of the ten year statute of limitations (Sec. 1002*); and record title under a sheriff's tax deed, recorded October 27, 1930, and subsequent conveyances, and, in their reply, alleged that they had paid all taxes subsequent to said tax deed; that no…