Turner v. Morgan

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hannah

Affirming.

James Turner sued W. T. Morgan and others in the Allen Circuit Court in ejectment to recover the possession of fifteen acres of land.

The defendants pleaded that they had held the land in' controversy under and by virtue of title papers for more than twenty-five years; and that they had held same by adverse possession for more than thirty years; and also pleaded champerty. A jury found for the defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

*The parties own adjoining farms. The plaintiff testified himself and proved by other witnesses, that the *512fifteen acres in…