Rose v. Day

This was an action originally commenced before a Justice of the Peace to recover for the use and occupation of a small piece or strip of land, lying between the street in front of appellant’s store and the Mississippi River, used by the appellant as a landing or place from which to ship apples, and upon which he had wood" piled.

Day had had possession of the quarter section of land of which the premises in controversy formed a part for the past sixteen years, paying all taxes upon it and claiming the whole under a deed purporting to convey the same to him. This was sufficient evidence of title…