Walsh v. Emerick

OPINION

This appeal arises from a quiet title action involving a claim of adverse possession. It concerns two adjacent, unimproved lots, numbers seven and eight, located in Delta Junction, Alaska.

On June 21, 1960, Marie Louise Mclntire, a/k/a Mary Louise Strout, executed two warranty deeds, identical in form. The first deed purported to convey the above mentioned lots to Bryan and Margaret Walsh. The second deed was to Rollie and Doris Emerick. Both deeds were recorded by Rollie Emerick, but the deed to the Walshes was recorded first. It seems that the first deed was intended as the actual…