Pendill v. Marquette County Agricultural Society

Plaintiffs brought ejectment, claiming title in fee to the premises, described in their declaration, and proved a perfect title from the federal government. The defenses made are—

1. That plaintiffs are estopped from asserting their title against defendant.

2. That defendant has acquired title by adverse possession.

The ancestor of plaintiff Pendill, one James P. Pendill, was the, owner of a tax title covering the land in controversy, upon which an Auditor General's deed had issued to him. After his death, plaintiff Pendill, and the other heirs and the widow of the decedent, joined in a…