Page v. O'Neal

Appellant brought this suit in the Chancery Court of Harrison County to confirm his title to a forty-acre tract of land. The holder of the record title to the lands, one Cyrus P. Dorward, was made defendant. Pending trial Dorward deeded the forty to S. E. O’Neal and, by agreement, O’Neal was substituted as defendant.

The original bill claims title by adverse possession under a parol gift from John Page for a period of more than ten years, under the provisions of Section 711 of the 1942 Code. The appellee answered, denying ownership of the land by appellant, denying the adverse possession, and…