Crump v. McEntire

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

John Doe instituted ejectment against Bichard Boé to recover' possession of 120 acres of land. In tbe petition one demise was laid in Joe Crump, and a second demise was laid in W. H. Garter. J. B. McEntire was admonished, as real claimant, to come in and defend the action. McEntire filed a formal plea of not guilty, and asserted prescriptive title by adverse possession under color of title for more than seven years. Defendant’s answer was so amended as to disclaim title as to all the land except 58 acres cut off from the balance of the tract by the eastern line of…