Comer v. Rush

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a suit over title to a tract of land. Each party claimed title to a strip of woodland located between their farms, the plaintiff claiming title by deed and the defendant claiming title by adverse possession. The defendant attacks the judgment by raising two issues, viz.: (1) whether he was denied due process of law by the trial court's invasion of the jury's deliberations; and (2) whether he was denied due process of law by the trial court's alleged disparagement of defenses in the presence of the jury.…