Pender v. Jackson

McDONOUGH, Justice.

This is an action to quiet title in the plaintiff to named realty. Defendants filed an answer and counterclaim claiming as successors to twenty-six twenty-sevenths of the interest in the property, and the lower court entered a decree in their favor.

Plaintiff acquired a tax deed to the realty on June 7, 1939, paying $44.83 therefor, recorded the same and paid all taxes on the realty from 1940 to and including 1949. Plaintiff testified that he went upon the ground in 1939, and at least once each year subsequently; that he kept the weeds down and put up “For Rent” and “No…