Supreme Court of Minnesota May 5, 1887 (Coleman v. Northern Pacific Railroad)

Mitchell, J.

If the occupant of land entered without color of title, and relies solely on his adverse possession a sufficient length of time to mature a title, he can only retain so much as he had in actual possession. To constitute adverse possession in such a ease, there must be an actual occupancy, — a pedis possessio; and the adverse possession is only co-extensive with such occupancy.