Stettnische v. Lamb
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from Gage county. - Heard below on report of N. K. Griggs, referee. 1. We contend possession once established in Mrs. Towle by material acts of visible and notorious ownership must be presumed to continue until open, notorious, adverse is proved to have taken place in some one else..
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Appeal from Gage county. - Heard below on report of N. K. Griggs, referee. 1. We contend possession once established in Mrs. Towle by material acts of visible and notorious ownership must be presumed to continue until open, notorious, adverse is proved to have taken place in some one else.. Clements v. Lampkin, 34 Ark., 598, 602. Marston v. Rowe, 43 Ala., 271, 285. Rayner v. Lee, 20 Mich., 384, 386. No attempt is made to proye adverse possession in any one else save Wallis’ own agent, and only by hearsay evidence of his declarations. 2. Reasonable lapse of time between successive tenancies…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
This action was brought in the district court of Gage county by the plaintiff against the defendant to cancel' certain tax deeds on lot 1, block 66, in the city of Beatrice, and to cancel a quit-claim deed executed in 1881 by one G. W. Mumford to said defendant for said lot. The defendant claimed title under certain tax deeds and the deed from G. W. Mumford. The cause was referred to a referee, who found the facts as follows:
“1. That the site of the town of Beatrice, of which lot one in block sixty-six, now in controversy, is a part, was. entered by Herman M. Reynolds, as mayor of said town,…
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