Palmer v. the Land & Power Co.

The following opinion was prepared by

Smith, C. J.

and approved by the court prior to his retirement from the court, and is now ordered filed as the opinion of the court.

This was an action for slander of title to real estate and to quiet plaintiff’s title. Judgment was for defendant. Plaintiff has appealed. The real estate involved is an undivided one-half interest in the minerals under the ground in a tract of land.

The litigation was begun on September 7, 1950. The defendants were The Land & Power Company, a corporation, and A. L. Newman, its secretary and treasurer. It has been in this court…