Dew v. Garner

The statement of the ease will contain a sufficient outline for a proper understanding of the question here presented.

Appellant, Dew, defended this hill for sale for division upon the theory that he was not a tenant in common with the other parties to the cause, but owned the land in severalty, and had acquired a perfect title thereto by adverse possession under color of title. The mortgage from Celeste Childress, one of the heirs of Pollard Childress, and Robert Cox executed in 1901 to this appellant, purported to convey the entire interest and fee-simple title in and to the land. They were…