Mapel v. Starriett

OPINION OF THE COURT

RAYNOLDS, C. J.

This is a suit to quiet title to four sections of land in McKinley county. The complaint alleges that plaintiff is the owner in fee simple, and the defendants make some adverse claim under an agency by which the defendant Josiah Starriett purchased the land for the plaintiff, furnished the purchase money, agreeing to convey it to plaintiff, and later did execute and deliver his deed accordingly. It is then alleged that Starriett thereafter secured possession of this deed without plaintiff’s knowledge or consent, and before it had been recorded. The original…