Van Patten v. O'Brien

The subject of litigation is a quarter-section of land in Dundy county. Plaintiff asserts ownership, relies on a quitclaim deed, and prays for the quieting of her title, for .the cancelation of an outlawed mortgage for $750 and for rents and profits amounting to $400. Defendants *383claim the land by adverse possession, and ask the court to quiet their title, to cancel the outlawed mortgage and to dismiss plaintiff’s petition. Intervener bought the mortgage for $50, and prays for a foreclosure, averring that plaintiff acquired the legal title to the mortgaged premises by means of her quitclaim…