Phillips v. Carter

We are called on in this appeal to consider what constitutes adverse possession by some of several tenants in common. The land involved is 40 acres described as SE% NE% Section 17, Township 7N, Range 28W.

The land in question was the property and homestead of Reuben Carter who died about 1922 and his wife, Susan Carter, who died about 1907. They left surviving them several sons and daughters among whom was a son, C. C. Carter, who is now deceased, and his heirs and widow, the appellees herein, brought this suit to quiet title. One of the daughters of Reuben and Susan was Mollie Carter Phillips…