Locklear v. . Savage

Tbis is an action to recover damages for a trespass on land in cutting and removing timber therefrom. Tbe plaintiff claims title under Jobn Locklear, being bis administra-trix. It is not pretended that be bad any paper title for tbe land, or color of title, but to show title in him tbe plaintiff relied solely upon John Locklear’s adverse possession of tbe land for more than thirty years, under a claim of right, to take tbe title out of tbe State and vest it in him, and tbe real question in tbe case is whether be bad such a possession of tbe land for a sufficient length of time to produce that…