Pate v. Junkin

Frank Holt, Justice.

This appeal involves a title to 100 acres of land. Appellees, bank trustees, claim title to the land by virtue of a foreclosure suit and resulting deed in 1935. Also, appellees, with this color of title, have paid taxes on the property for more than 35 years. Appellants claim title by adverse possession. Appellees instituted an action to quiet title against appellants and others who are not parties to this appeal. The court found that at no time were the appellants in open, hostile, notorious or continuous possession of any part of the lands sufficient to establish title…