Anderson v. Dodd

Hawkins, justice.

This was an action of ejectment tried in Whitfield county for the recovery of lot No. 99 in the eleventh district. The lot was one of a body of land owned by defendant consisting of twelve lying in juxtaposition to each other. The plaintiff, on the trial, relied upon the grant from the state to one Stribbling, and from him to the plaintiff, Anderson. The defendant relied upon a prescriptive title, and supported by color, coupled with seven years’ possession, and the question now here for adjudication is whether the defendant’s prescriptive title is better than the one…