Anderson v. Shelton

MORRIS, Judge.

The plaintiff brought this action to determine adverse claims to an undivided one-fourth interest in 160 acres of land in Williams County, North Dakota. The defendant Williams County defaulted. The defendant Robert Shelton, also known as Robert H. Shelton, answered by general denial and by alleging adverse possession and payment of taxes for over ten years under the provisions of Section 47-0603, NDRC 1943 as amended. He also counterclaimed alleging a fee simple title in himself and asked that title be quieted in him as against the claims of the plaintiff. The plaintiff replied…