Kellam v. Rippey

The plaintiff alleges that he is the owner of a tract of land of one hundred and sixty acres, of which the defendant is in possession, claiming title to the same ; and he prays for judgment for the land, and to be quieted in his title and possession. The title which he sets up is a regular patent from the United States.

The defendant, after a general denial, alleges that he took possession of the land in question in 1834, and has continued constantly to occupy it since that period ; that he was above the age of twenty-one, was a housekeeper on said land, and in possession on the 22d of…