Carpenter v. Rose

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Quin —

Affirming.

This is a suit to quiet the title to 23 acres of land. Appellant (plaintiff) claims under the John. Rose patent of 85 acres, and the answer asserted title in the appellee of an adjoining tract of about 67 acres, under-deed dated January 2, 1882, from John Miller and wife (John Miller having acquired the property in about 1861). This latter is known as the Samuel Rose patent. The answer denied *687that appellee was claiming any interest in or to the boundary described in the petition. The tract in dispute is of irregular shape and .lies wholly within…