Blevins v. Blackburn

*621Opinion op the Court by

"William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

Plaintiff, Mont Blevins, brought this suit to recover a tract of land in Pike county. The defendant, Thomas Blackburn, denied plaintiff’s title, and pleaded title in himself by adverse possession. On final hearing plaintiff’s petition was dismissed, and defendant was adjudged to be the owner of the land.

Plaintiff claims title as heir of his daughter, who, in the year 1903, obtained a patent covering the land. On the other hand, defendant claims title by adverse possession. It appears that, in the partition of the land of Hiram…