Boughan v. Herington

HODGES, Justice.

Plaintiffs, as heirs of Rose Nellie Bland, sought in the action below, to quiet title to 40 acres of land, determine heirs and their respective interest and partition the land. From a judgment in accordance with the prayer of the petition, defendant appeals.

Defendant asserts title to the 40 acres by reason of adverse possession, claiming that he had “purchased” the land from a man in possession in 1947, for the price of one cow and has remained in possession until the present, which at the time of filing the suit was a period of about 17 years. He also states that he paid…