West v. Evans

George Randall West, the adopted son of Melinda West, is the grantee in a deed made by her. At the time of the conveyance, the grantor owned only an undivided interest in the property as one of its owners in common. He bases his claim of title to the entire parcel of land upon Ms possession of it since the recordation of the deed and the payment of taxes by him during that time. The appeal from the judgment in his favor concerns the applicability of the doctrine of adverse possession under these circumstances.

In 1917, Melinda secured an interlocutory decree of divorce from her husband, James.…