Supreme Court of New Jersey February 15, 1890 (Shields v. Ivey)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scudder, J.

An action of ejectment was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, to recover possession of a house and lot of land at Cape May, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff.

*281The title of the plaintiff, on which he based his action, was an adverse possession for twenty years by his mother, Jane A.