Lynch v. Kemp

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment on defendant’s cross-complaint, .quieting defendant’s title to certain real property and awarding damages to defendant for slander of title.

Plaintiff, as the sole legatee of Mary Rheinschild, deceased, offered the will of said decedent for probate. The petition for probate named defendant and certain others as the next of kin of the decedent. Thereafter, the defendant, as guardian ad litem of her niece, filed a contest on behalf of her ward. The contest named defendant and others as heirs of decedent. In due time the contest was voluntarily…