Place v. Place

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

The action in district court was one to quiet title to real estate. The principals in the case are father and son. In trial to the court the plaintiff son and his wife prevailed and the defendant father has appealed.

At trial some salient facts were in dispute and others were not fully developed because of loss of recollection of the witnesses. We summarize those pertinent to determination of the controversy as revealed by the record.

The defendant A. J. Place was a successful dairy farmer in the Emporia area. In 1958 his wife of many years,…