Hill v. Browning

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

This controversy involves the right to- possession of a portion of a levee at Lawrence. Plaintiffs, through their grantors, claim to have had possession of the land in controversy for forty years through a contract with the city of Lawrence executed in 1872; defendants claim, through adverse possession for more than *217fifteen years, and a license from the city of Lawrence executed in 1923, to operate a sand plant. The plaintiffs sought to enjoin the defendants from entering upon or operating on the land, were defeated and appeal.

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