McGill v. Shugarts

This is an action to quiet title to certain unimproved land situated in Thurston county, Washington, and to recover damages for trespass thereon. The action was brought by J. E. McGill who died after judgment was entered; and his widow has been substituted as plaintiff and respondent.

The land in question was formerly the property of John W. Mayes and his wife, Lydia Mayes. Their estates not having been probated after their deaths, the land was consequently held by their heirs as tenants in common.

In 1936, Maude Hamilton, one of the heirs, and her husband executed a quit claim deed to the…