Fleming v. Howell

Appellee, as plaintiff, brought this action in the nature of ejectment, to recover from the defendant *383four certain parcels of land situate in Washington county, alleging his title in fee simple and right to immediate possession, and that defendant wrongfully withheld possession thereof. The defendant, among other defenses, pleaded title in himself by virtue of several tax deeds, also color of title under one of said deeds, and invoked the bar of the statute of limitations, pleading and relying upon both the short statute as applied to actions for recovery of land sold for taxes (Rev. Stats.,…