Lanham v. Bowlby

Epperson, C.

This is either an action to quiet title or for the specific performance of a contract. It is difficult to determine which.' Plaintiff relies upon title by adverse possession, and seems to have been supported in this claim by the trial court, although there ivas a general finding for the plaintiff. Plaintiff is an heir at law, and the grantee of all other heirs at law, of John Lanham, deceased, who died "in 1900, while occupying the land in controversy. The petition alleges that in 1880 Lanham and the defendant entered into a verbal contract, whereby the defendant agreed to…