Shepherd v. Morgan

SIMS, Justice.

This action was instituted in 1946 by appellants to quiet title to a tract of land of about 150 acres located in Leslie County. Appellees denied the title of appellants and pleaded title in themselves. The chancellor dismissed the petition and adjudged appel-lees had paper title to the land, as well as title by adverse possession. Three grounds are relied upon for reversal: 1. The disputed land was not included in the description in the deed under which appellees and their predecessors claimed; 2. appellees were never in adverse possession of the tract in controversy; 3. the…