Stull v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ETC.

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

This is a quiet title action. Appellees filed their complaint alleging fee simple ownership of the premises involved. The answer denied allegations of substance. Further answering, appellants made claim to an undivided interest in the premises, and from an adverse judgment, they appeal.

Appellees’ 'predecessors in title, Oscar Lohman and Vincent B. May, acquired 173 acres of land by patent from the United States Government. Subsequently, Lohman conveyed an undivided one-half interest therein to one Mary J. Cuniffe, who held the same as tenant in common with the patentee,…