HEDGPETH v. MADDUX

No. 49437.

366 S.W.2d 314 (1963)

John F. HEDGPETH, Respondent, v. B. J. MADDUX and Nadine Maddux, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Rehearing Denied April 8, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theo. G. Scott, Buffalo, Clarence O. Woolsey, Robert C. Fields, Allen, Woolsey & Fisher, Springfield, for appellants.

Bill Davenport, Ozark, Sam Appleby, Ozark, for respondent.


HYDE, Judge.

Plaintiff's action was for ejectment and damages. Defendants claimed title by adverse possession, asked for determination of title and to be decreed the owners. The court found against defendants' claim and ordered that plaintiff should recover possession with damages. Defendants have appealed.

Defendants had been in possession less than three years when this suit was commenced so that their claim of...

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