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· 3/15/1918

Scarborough v. Native Lumber Co.

Citations

  • 118 Miss. 138
  • 79 So. 84

Syllabus

<p>Adverse Possession. Presumptions of grant.</p> <p>Where in a suit to confirm title to land, complainant proves possession of the land for fifty years and a perfect chain of title back to an uncle of original patentee in 1861, a presumption arises in the absence of proof to the contrary that there was a lost deed from the patentee to the uncle supplying the broken link in the chain of title.</p>

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  • cited with approval in Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Cutler, 88 S.D. at 221-22, 217 N.W.2d at 802

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Judges: Stevens

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