Arcadia Timber Co. v. Evans

This is an action to determine title to lot 2 of the southeast quarter of Section 13, Township 18 North, of Range 9 East, in Dunklin County. The answer pleads title by adverse possession to an irregularly shaped portion of the tract sued for, described by metes and bounds, and containing fourteen acres more or less. The cause was tried to a jury, who returned the following verdict: "We, the jury, find the issues joined in the above entitled cause for the defendant, to-wit: That the defendant is the owner of the premises described in the petition and in the evidence, by adverse possession."…