Bdowning v. Hicks

Paul Ward, Justice.

This is a suit in ejectment to obtain possession of a part of Lot 1, Block 1, London’s Addition No. 1, to the City of Hope. The litigation arose in the manner presently summarized.

One J. J. Moore acquired title to the said Lot in 1941, and immediately took possession. In 1947 he conveyed the south seventy feet of the Lot to one Mabel Washington. Moore failed to pay taxes on Ms part of the Lot in 1960, and it was conveyed to the iState in November, 1961. On February 11, 1964 the state deeded the forfeited parcel to the Southwest Land and Development Company. (Note that the…