Cramer v. Walker
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District for Blaine County. Hon. Edward A. Walters, Judge. Action'to quiet title. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. The statutes of limitations began to run in favor of appellant when he entered the premises in 1881 under a tax deed, claiming adversely to all other persons, and openly manifested his intention so to claim. (2 Ency. of L. & P. 364; Ewing v. Burnet, 11 Pet.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District for Blaine County. Hon. Edward A. Walters, Judge. Action'to quiet title. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. The statutes of limitations began to run in favor of appellant when he entered the premises in 1881 under a tax deed, claiming adversely to all other persons, and openly manifested his intention so to claim. (2 Ency. of L. & P. 364; Ewing v. Burnet, 11 Pet. (U. S.) 49, 9 L. ed. 624; Lewis v. New York & Hudson River R. R. Co., 162 N. Y. 202, 56 N. E. 540; Sommer v. Compton, 52 Or. 173, 96 Pac. 124, 1065; Melvin v.…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, C. J.
— This ease involves the question of adverse possession. About 1881 the appellant went into pos*498session of block 9 in the townsite of Hailey. He owned lot 8 and built his residence so that it stood on both lots 8 and 9, extending about eight or ten feet onto lot 9. The evidence shows that he has occupied this property continuously since that time. Respondent’s predecessor in interest, J. W. Morse, acquired the legal title to lot 9 some time in 1884, but prior to that he had laid claim to this lot. The townsite of Hailey had been platted and laid out by John Hailey, who entered the land under…
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