Coleman v. Buttram

(after stating the case as above).

It is concluded that the appellants’ first proposition relating to the refusal to peremptorily instruct a verdict should be overruled because the acts and circumstances in evidence are fairly sufficient to carry to the jury the issue of whether or not the appellee’s possession became adverse to the appellants as cotenants. The appellee, who was a stranger to the title in the first instance, purchased the entire tract from the mother of the appellants, in the information and upon the belief that the mother owned the full title, and took immediate possession…