Taylor v. Buckner

Judge Owsley

delivered the opinion of the court.*

This is an appeal from a judgment recovered by Buckner, in an ejectment brought against him by Taylor in the court below.

On the trial in that court, Buckner relying upon his possession, introduced evidence conducing to prove that, Philip Buckner, under whom he claims, upwards of twenty years before the commencement of this action, went upon the land in contest, and having, with the aid of the county surveyor, ascertained the patent boundary of Stephens’ 2000 acre survey, took possession thereof, claiming under Stephens, and that Philip Buckner…