Haase v. Kelley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Milton, J.:

This action was begun in July, 1894, by R. P. Kelley, to quiet his title to certain real property in Greenwood county as against the plaintiff's in error,' who claimed by mesne conveyances under a tax deed regularly issued and duly recorded in the year 1882. The plaintiffs in error filed a cross-petition which stated a cause of action in ejectment against the plaintiff, who for three years prior to the filing thereof had been in the peaceable and uninterrupted possession of the land under a claim of title derived from the original patent.…