Court Opinion

ID: 9681353
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 07:48:43.289254+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:33.532550
License: Public Domain

*189SMITH, Justice
(concurring).
I agree with the result. It is my view that Turner failed, as a matter of law, to establish title under the theory of prior possession. This being true, there is no necessity to go further and discuss the question of whether or not Turner abandoned possession of the land involved in this suit. Nor is the discussion of constructive possession on the part of Turner necessary. The record shows that Stokes was and is the true owner of the land. Stokes is presumed to be in constructive possession.
Since Turner failed to discharge the burden of proof resting with him to prove title through prior possession or otherwise, it is proper to enter judgment that Turner take nothing.