City of Poplar Bluff v. Knox

TITUS, Judge.

A warranty deed dated July 17, 1952, conveyed certain real estate in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to defendant Eunice Knox. The description of the conveyance included that part of Bartlett Street lying east of F Street which had masqueraded as a thicket and briar patch since it was dedicated as a public way in 1887. Mrs. Knox, her husband (defendant Noah Knox), and their family have occupied and paid taxes on the property since the transfer. The disputed portion of Bartlett Street has been under fence by defendants for ten years and they have cleared the land and constructed thereon a…