Lindenmayer v. Gunst

Citations

• 70 Miss. 693

Syllabus

<p>1. Adverse Possession. Non-resident. Limitation-. Code 1880, 12678.</p> <p>A non-resident may acquire title to land by adverse possession held for him by others for ten years. Absence from the state does .not prevent the running of the statute in his favor, since ejectment can be brought against the tenant. It is only where a right of action accrues m this state, and the person liable goes from and resides out of it, that ¡5 2678, code 1880, applies to prevent the period of such absence from being-counted.</p> <p>2. Statute oe Limitations. Ejectment. Demand, for rent.</p> <p>The statute of limitations of six years applies to the demand for rents asserted by a plaintiff in ejectment.</p>