Mullis v. Winchester

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• “The extent of the occupant’s claim founded on an instrument of writing is not dependent upon the validity of such instrument.”
• claimant who entered upon the land under color of title and occupied the land for his ordinary use in growing timber upon land and obtaining timber therefrom satisfied adverse possession requirements
• claimant who entered upon the land under color of title and occupied the land for his ordinary use in growing timber upon land and obtaining timber therefrom satisfied adverse possession requirements
• acts of adverse possession \are only required to be exercised in such way and in such manner as is consistent with the use to which the lands may be put and the situation of the property....\
• acts of adverse possession “are only required to be exercised in such way and in such manner as is consistent with the use to which the lands may be put and the situation of the property____”
• the nature and location of the land, as well as whether the use to which land has been put comports with usual management of such property, are factors which should be considered in determining whether an adverse claimant has established his possession of such property

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).