Clark v. Huff

Appellee, Huff (plaintiff below), brought suit against one Cones (as defendant) to quiet title to a quarter section of land. The complaint was the ordinary one under section 255 of the civil code. Before answer, Clark and Morey were made defendants, as successors to the right and interest of the original defendant, Cones. Thereafter they filed their answer, in which they denied the possession and ownership of plaintiff, and alleged that they we„r© the owners in fee by title from the United States. They^ also alleged that plaintiff claimed under a tax deed issued to the estate of Robert Young,…