If two persons claim to have actual possession of the same land, the person having legal title shall be deemed to be in possession and the other person shall be considered a trespasser.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2959; Code 1868, § 2966; Code 1873, § 3017; Code 1882, § 3017; Civil Code 1895, § 3878; Civil Code 1910, § 4474; Code 1933, § 105-1405.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 75 Am. Jur. 2d, Trespass, § 30 et seq.
C.J.S.- 87 C.J.S., Trespass, § 17 et seq.
ALR.
- Possession of real property as notice of diverse coexistent interests of possessor, 74 A.L.R. 355.