Mitchell v. Crummey

The plaintiff claimed under a deed and a chain of title extending back to a sheriff’s deed made in pursuance of a sale of the land in dispute as unreturned wild land for taxes due the State under an execution issued by W. L. Goldsmith, comptroller-general, October 1st, 1877. The defendant did not contest the validity of the plaintiff’s title, but undertook to show better title in himself by setting up prescription by adverse possession under color of title for a period of seven years. The verdict was in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff’s motion for a new trial was overruled, and he…