Lowry v. Murren

Thomas Edward Lowry brought this action to quiet the title in fee simple to him on 80 acres of land in Saunders County, Nebraska, devised under the will of Thomas Murren, Sr., deceased. Upon Thomas Lowry’s death, the action was revived in the name of Ralph R. Bremers, the executor of his estate and his sole devisee. The District Court found that the will of Thomas Murren, Sr., provided only for life estates in the land and did not devise the fee; and that Murren died intestate as to the fee title. The court quieted title to the land in the heirs-at-law of Thomas Murren, Sr., and directed…