Case Name: James H. Maze v. Elijah Clark
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1876-04-19
Citations: 8 Ky. Op. 679
Docket Number: 
Parties: James H. Maze v. Elijah Clark.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 8
Pages: 679–679

Head Matter:
James H. Maze v. Elijah Clark.
Real Estate — Title by Adverse Possession.
Where one has been in the undisturbed possession of real estate by actual inclosure for more than fifteen years prior to the beginning of an action against him for such land, claiming it as his own, his title cannot be defeated.
APPEAL PROM BATH CIRCUIT COURT.
April 19, 1876.
Nesbitt & Gudgell, for appellant.
V. B. Young, Reid & Stone, for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Pryor :
If the appellee has been in the undisturbed possession of a part of the land in controversy by actual inclosure for more than fifteen years prior to the institution of the action claiming it as his own, it defeats the appellant's right of recovery to that extent, or if the division line between the appellee and Wright places the disputed territory within the boundary of appellee, it defeats the action. The only question presented by the record is as to the location of this dividing line; and if this boundary is fixed by the deed of partition, it must govern the rights of the parties. The appellant claims under Wright, and the lines and corners as fixed by the deed from Clark to Wright must control this case, unless it is shown that the appellee has, by actual inclosure, been in the possession of the land adversely for such a time as will present a statutory bar. The first instruction asked by counsel for appellant should have been given.
The judgment below is reversed and cause remanded with directions to award a new trial and for further proceedings consistent with'this opinion.