Mann v. Mann

This action was filed in the circuit court of Jackson County at Independence, Missouri, to partition four tracts of land situated in Jackson County. At the trial there was a stipulation that the first three tracts of land were subject to partition, but the appellants contended they and their predecessor, Orange L. Mann, had acquired title to the west thirteen and a fraction acres of tract four by adverse possession. The jury sustained the appellants’ contention. Respondents’ motion for a new trial was sustained on the ground that the court erred in refusing respondents’ requests for a…