Blankenhorn v. Lenox

i. adverse tenantin' ouster?evidence' Tbe plaintiffs claim, as absolute owners, each a tract of land, derived by conveyance from Gotlieb Blankenhorn; and the question is whether, by such conveyanees, and subsequent possession thereunder 1° the time of bringing suit, they acquired an absolute title as against the claims of defendants. It appears that in 1840 Napoleon B. Lenox and Alfred Lenox entered the south one-half of a certain section of land in Louisa county, and acquired title thereto, as tenants in common, by patent from the government in 1841. It is not questioned that the undivided…