Oliver v. Pullam

This case is submitted for determination upon briefs and a statement of facts agreed upon by the counsel of the parties. Both parties claim the land in controversy from the state under grants which are conceded to be regular in form. The grant of the plaintiff was issued July 13, 1846, and he has never had actual possession of any part of the lands included in the grant of defendant. The grant of defendant is dated twenty-first of December, 1847, and he has had continuous possession of that part of the land included in both grants, and has cultivated, and exercised other acts of ownership…