LeMoyne v. Hays

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

Beversing.

Appellee, Hays, sued appellant, LeMoyne, to quiet his title to 200 acres of land which lies entirely within the boundary- of the O’Bannon, Griffin, Morgan & Co.’s 8,000 acre patent to which appellant, LeMoyne, has a complete and perfect paper title derived from the Commonwealth. Hays does not pretend to have any paper title to the 200 acres in controversy; he relies upon his adverse possession thereof solely. The O’Bannon 8,000 *416acre survey was patented in 1852. In about 1880 appellee, Hays, bought from Ryan a 50 acre tract of land adjoining this…