Cole v. Lester

This is an action in partition. In 1868 Collingwood Vickerman acquired thirteen acres of land in the village of Ilion, N. Y. He died in August, 1878, leaving two children, James and Jane. The plaintiff is the son of *14Jane, and the defendants Lester and Rashach are daughters of James. The defendants claim to own one-half of an acre of said land by virtue of the alleged adverse possession bn the part of James, their father, as against his cotenant and sister Jane, through whom the plaintiff claims title as a co-tenant with the defendants Lester and Rasbach.

In 1869 James Vickerman entered on the…