Pence v. Miller

The complainant filed the bill in this cause to quiet his title to lands occupied by him. His paper title consists only of two tax deeds, admittedly void, and he relies for relief upon proof of adverse possession, taken and held under his tax purchases, for a period exceeding five years. A decree in favor of the complainant has been appealed from by the defendant. A stipulation appears to the effect that:

“ The only question presented by the accompanying case submitted to the judge for his signature and settlement on appeal is that said several tax deeds held by complainant being invalid, for…