Townsend v. Edwards

Citations

• 25 Fla. 582

Syllabus

<p>1. The plaintiff instituted ejectment against defendant for certain lands. Defendant claimed title under tax deed, which was in evidence. The plaintiff then offered in evidence the assessment roll to show that the land had not been assessed for taxes, but the evidence was ruled out, because the tax deed had been recorded more than a year before the suit was brought, and that aft-r one year from the recording of the tax deed plaintiff could r ot question the valadity of the same, or the regularity of the sale under which the land was sold, unless he allege, and prove, that lho land was not subject to taxation, or that the taxes had been paid, or that the land had been redeemed : Held, To be error.</p> <p>2. Adverse possession, in order to bar a recovery by the true owner, must have continued without interruption during the statutory period of seven years.</p>