Reed v. Little River Drainage District

STEWART, Judge.

Action to quiet title to real property. The subject property was purchased by plaintiff’s successor at a partition sale. Little River Drainage District (defendant) claims title by reason of warranty deeds from the grantees of Louis and Mary H. G. Houck, the common source of title. Alternatively it claims the fee by reason of adverse possession. Defendant appeals from judgment quieting title in plaintiff and ordering ejectment of defendant. We reverse in part and remand with instructions.

Prior to January, 1901 Louis Houck and Mary H. G. Houck, husband and wife, held fee simple…