Lambert v. State

Ethridge, C.

This case involves the validity of an 1873 deed to a sixteenth (school land) section of land, and the application to it of the twenty-five year adverse possession statute. In holding the deed valid and rendering the judgment for appellants, some analysis of the historical background of sales of sixteenth sections, as well as of the immediate facts and legal issues, is necessary. The action originated as a suit by J. E. Lambert and C. J. Burns, appellants here and complainants below, to remove as clouds on their titles the claims of the appellees to the Southwest' Quarter of…