Davis v. Riddle

Cunningham, Presiding Judge.

On August 13, 1909, appellee filed Ms complaint in the district court to quiet title to certain lands and water rights in Boulder County; the bill contained the usual allegations, in proceedings of this sort where brought under the code. No question is made as to the ownership or possession of the property, the title to which plaintiff seeks to have quieted; both are in plaintiff. But the defendant below, appellant here, claimed an interest in the land and water rights by virtue of a certain purported oil and gas lease. Judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff,…