Rice v. Carey

The plaintiffs, as executors of the will of J. M. Hood, brought this action to quiet title to a tract of one hundred and sixty acres of land, situated in Yolo County. The defendants are husband and wife.

The complaint was in two counts. The first, after setting up the representative character of the plaintiffs, alleged that Hood at the time of his death was the owner and in possession of the property and that the defendants claimed an interest therein adverse to the interest of the decedent and his estate. The second count alleged that the defendant, Ida Belle Carey, claimed under two alleged…