Moore v. Luke
Citations
- 110 Miss. 205
- 70 So. 84
Syllabus
<p>•Quieting Titee. Bill of complaint. Sufficiency.</p> <p>Where in a bill of complaint to quiet title complainant deraigned title from the government through' a chain of title to themselves and charged that defendant claimed title through a former suit for partition and sale which they claim was fraudulent and not by the then owners or their legal representatives, arid that the sale thereunder conveyed no title, and that complainants were not parties to that suit, such a bill was not a bill of review, but states a good cause of action and a demurrer thereto should have been overruled.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- “[O]ne claiming title by adverse possession must show positive and affirmative acts of ownership. Mere occasional trespasses are not sufficient.”
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Judges: Stevens
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