County of Scotts Bluff v. Hughes

Norton, District Judge.

This is a quiet title action involving a boundary dispute between the County of Scotts Bluff, as plaintiff, and three named individuals as defendants. The matter was tried to the court and judgment was entered quieting title to the disputed lands in the plaintiff. Two of the defendants appeal. We reverse and remand.

The petition of the plaintiff alleges generally that it is the owner of certain described lands; that the defendants, Dorothy Hughes and Marvin Hughes, through an agreement of sale with one Roy Croft for the purchase of adjacent real estate, were claiming an…