Blackwell v. Houston County

A. C. Blackwell brought suit against Houston County, to recover possession of 16.32 acres of land alleged to belong to the plaintiff. The petition was amended by alleging that 2.3 acres of the 16.32 acres had never been in possession of the county, but was in the possession of the plaintiff as a pasture and had been so used by him since January, 1917. A plat of this 2.3 acres, made by the surveyor of Houston County, was attached to the amendment. The amendment in effect made the proceeding a complaint for 14 acres of land adjoining the plaintiff’s home place on the west. The county answered,…