Lindsey Lumber & Export Co. v. Deas

Statutory action of ejectment. Defendant claims only the right to the timber on the land sued for, and by agreement of counsel the cause proceeded to trial upon that basis.

Plaintiff (appellee) is the daughter of J. W. Griffin, who became the purchaser at tax sale, receiving a deed thereto in 1902, at which time he entered into possession under claim of ownership, which possession continued to the time of his death in 1915. Under the undisputed proof, his title by adverse possession had become perfected at the time of his death, and such possession was continued by his heirs thereafter.…