Johnson v. Johnson

Plaintiff filed an action against his brother and his brother’s wife seeking (1) a reconveyance of a half section of farmland to him, (2) to quiet title to the land, and (3) an accounting of crop proceeds. The district court of Sheridan County, the Honorable L. C. Gulbrandson, district judge, presiding, granted summary judgment to defendants. Plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff’s complaint in essence alleges a conveyance by him to his brother in 1953 by warranty deed absolute on its face; that the deed was given without consideration and upon an express oral agreement to reconvey; and a request for…