Menefee v. Colley

(after stating the facts as above). The court found that from 1S78 to the trial of the case in February, 1917, appel-lee openly claimed to own the 730-aere tract (of which the 556 acres in controversy were a part) described in her petition, and that each of the years intervening, except the year 1905, having rendered same for the purpose, she paid all taxes assessed against the land. The court further found that during periods of four years and less each between 1878 and 1901, appellee (by tenants) was in actual possession of the land, and that continuously from 1901 to November 21,1916, she,…