§ 10-909. Proof of patented lands

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(a) Description in action at law. -- Patented land is not required to be stated by the patented name in a declaration in an action at law. It may be described by abuttals, course and distance, or a name by which it was acquired. The description shall be certain enough to identify the land.

(b) Proof required. -- When title of patented land is questioned, a party is not required to prove that the land was patented. A patent shall be presumed in favor of the party showing a title otherwise good.

(c) Acts of party. -- Acts of exclusive user and ownership are admissible to prove possession. Actual evidence of enclosure is not necessary for this proof.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 75, § 11, 33; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 1.

                    
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