Hendricks v. Rasson

Plaintiff brought ejectment for certain lands in Wayne county, and [defendant] prevailed. Both parties claimed under a title granted by the United States to Richard Sutliff. Plaintiff claimed under Minerva Sutliff, to whom, it was insisted, Richard deeded in 1857. Defendant claimed under a deed from Richard Sutliff to Burritt Sutliff in 1858.

There was an issue presented to the jury allowing them to pass upon' an adverse possession in Burritt and those in his line of title. But we find no foundation for any theory that could possibly make out any such claim, except by eking out his period of…