Ida v. Carr and Her Husband v. Theodore Lesley

PER CURIAM. -- Theodore Lesley in January, 1915, filed his bill in the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County against the appellants, alleging that he was the owner of a certain tract of ten acres of land in Hillsborough County, which was described; that in April, 1901, his father, Captain John T. Lesley, as agent for the complainant purchased the land from E. O. Morgan paying him therefor the sum of four hundred dollars; that in making the sale E. O. Morgan acted as agent for the appellants, and promised to have them execute a deed of conveyance to the land and deliver the same to the complainant; that complainant took possession of the lands in April, 1901, enclosed the tract with a substantial fence and used the land for years as a pasture, and maintained the fence in good condition; that he has held himself out as the owner of the property continuously ever since, and claimed it adversely to all, alleging that his possession had ripened into title by adverse possession. The complainant alleged in the bill that the defendants, who are the appellants here, had some claim upon the land ""the extent of which"" was alleged to be unknown, but that the same was a cloud upon his title. The prayer was that complainant's title to the land be quieted, that defendants be required to execute a deed conveying the lands to complainant, or in default thereof, that complainant be declared to have the title to the lands, and for general relief.