Dillard v. Blackman

Littlejohn, Justice.

This action at law was brought to try title to a strip of land about four or five feet wide and about sixty feet long, between the dwelling house of the plaintiff and the dwelling house of the defendant.

Originally, W. R. Brown owned the property of both the plaintiff and the defendant. The lots are shown on a plat made for him in 1910. In 1910 he sold Lot No. 4 to Ellen Goode; she owned it until her death about 1960. Plaintiff is her only heir and has title through inheritance.

In 1935 the defendant bought the adjoining lot, No. 3,' at a foreclosure sale and has owned it…