Delatour v. Wendt

From a decree of the district court for Deuel county, quieting title in plaintiff to the south half of the northwest quarter and lots 3 and 4 in section 4-14-42, in that county, defendant appeals.

The pleadings and the evidence show substantially the following-facts: One John E. Tourney entered the land as a homestead, and under date of May 21, 1889, was granted a patent therefor. The numerical index in the office of the county clerk shows that on July 1, 1889, Tourney, by the same name set out in his patent, executed a mortgage to the Davidson Investment Company, and on July 10, 1889, he, by…