Pascall v. Smith

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

Stanley E. Smith, the appellee, filed an action in the Drew County Chancery Court claiming that he had acquired title by adverse possession to certain lands as against his former wife, Eva L. Pascall, the appellant. The parties were divorced in 1965 and the decree was silent as to this particular piece of property which had been held by the parties as tenants by the entirety.

After Smith offered evidence and rested his case, Pascall demurred to the evidence and elected to stand on that demurrer, not offering any evidence to the court.

The trial court entered the…