Hill v. . Bean

This action was brought to recover two contiguous tracts of land, containing about one hundred and sixty-eight acres. Title was admitted to be out of the State, and the plaintiffs own the land, unless the defendants have acquired title,..thereto by adverse possession. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants’ possession was not adverse, but they held the same by permission' of the plaintiffs. In order to show that the defendants were merely tenants of the plaintiffs, the latter introduced as a witness Scott-Smoke, who testified as to a conversation between him and Emily Bean, one of the…