Winslow v. Cooper

This was ejectment by appellant, against appellee, for a certain strip of ground, some four and a half feet in width and sixty feet in depth, in the city of Bloomington. The proof shows that on the 23d of September, 1864, Gridley and wife conveyed, by quitclaim deed, to appellee, a parcel of ground, which includes the strip in controversy. This constituted color of title, and the principal questions discussed in argument relate to the'sufficiency of the evidence to show possession and payment of taxes by appellee, under this color of title, for seven successive years.

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