Bull v. Fenich

Involved herein is title to 80 acres of land previously owned by Mike and Susan Fenich, husband and wife, biological parents of three children, Mary Fenich Osborn, Helen Fenich Zerbetz, and John Fenich. In 1921, Helen Fenich bore an illegitimate son, Darwin Prier Fenich. Mike and Susan adopted Darwin, their illegitimate grandson, approximately 2 Vi months after he was born.

Mike Fenich died in 1942. His wife Susan, shortly before her death, quitclaimed the 80 acres in question to her granddaughter Helene Bull, daughter of Mary Fenich Osborn. The purpose of this deed by the grandmother was to…