Short v. Karnop

In October, 1927, Earl C. Short and wife brought action to quiet title to a certain house and lot in Lewistown, Fergus county, naming Karnop and Beley, a copartnership doing business in Harlowton, Wheatland county, as defendants. The defendants answered claiming a lien upon the property, and, issue being joined, the cause was submitted to the court on an agreed statement of facts. On the facts submitted, the court entered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, and defendants have appealed.

Briefly stated, the facts are as follows: In May, 1917, Svend J. Salte was the owner of and held record…