Barton v. Pauly

HOLLINGSWORTH, Judge.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, brought this action to quiet title to 3.65 acres of farm land in Clay County, Missouri. The pleadings of both parties are quite involved, but at trial the sole issue was that tried to a-jury, to wit: whether plaintiffs had acquired title to said land by adverse posses-’ sion. The jury found that issue in favor of plaintiffs. Defendant has appealed from the judgment rendered in conformity with the verdict on grounds (1) that no submissible case was made and that, therefore, defendant’s motion for a dirécted verdict filed at the close of the…