Green v. Strubbe

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Affirming.

Appellees brought this action on January 27, 1928, against appellant to recover a tract of 100 acres of land, •which was included in an old patent for a large boundary under which they claimed. Appellant answered setting up title in himself, and alleging fifteen years adverse possession. The case was heard before a jury and at the conclusion of the evidence on both sides, the court peremptorily instructed the jury to find for appellees. The defendant appeals. •

In the year 1896, the ancestor of appellees, under whom they claimed, filed an…