Morris v. Jackson

’In 1881 E. B. Morris purchased 440 acres óf land. In 1908 he died intestate, leaving as his sole and only heirs four children, J. F. Morris, G. A. Morris, J. S. Morris, and Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson. J. S. Morris died intestate in 1913, and Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson and the children of J. S. Morris, defendants in error herein, alleging that they and J. F. Morris and G. A. Morris, plaintiffs in error, owned this land as tenants in common, seek partition. Plaintiffs in error, being in possession of the land, interposed their plea of limitation of 10 years.

On trial the court submitted to the jury a…