Tallman v. McGahhey

McCulloch, O. J.

Appellant instituted this action at law ag’ainst A. C. McGahhey, one of the appellees, to recover possession of four town lots in Stuttgart. He did not attempt to show title back to its origin or to a common source, but alleged in his complaint that he received a deed on January 31, 1912, from J. W. Allen, purporting to convey the lots to him, that he entered into actual possession thereof and occupied the same, claiming title thereto from then until said appellee, in the year 1920, wrongfully took possession, and he therefore pleads title by adverse possession for the…