Raper v. Thorn

This action was instituted by defendant in error against plaintiffs in error to be decreed the equitable owner of a tract of 40 acres of land, the legal title to which was vested in plaintiffs in error, and for other relief. Upon trial to the court plaintiff was awarded judgment as prayed, and defendants appeal.

The material facts are substantially as follows:

Plaintiff, James E. Thorn, and defendant Grover C. Raper for years had owned and occupied farms in the same neighborhood and were warm friends. Between their farms and abutting each lay a tract of 120 acres of land consisting of three…