Powell v. Big Horn Low Line Ditch Co.

This is an action to quiet title. The complaint followed the usual form used in such actions and alleged that plaintiff was, and for a long time had been, the owner of the south half of the northeast quarter of section 28, township 1 north, range 33 east, M. P. M!; that the defendant, a Montana corporation, claimed an interest therein adverse to plaintiff, but that said claim was without any right whatever; and prayed that the defendant be required to set forth the nature of its claim and that it be adjudged groundless.

The defendant’s answer put in issue the plaintiff’s ownership of the land…