Wirtz v. Bardon Land Co.

MacLAUGHLIN, Justice.

Plaintiffs, who commenced this action to quiet title to certain unimproved land, appeal from a judgment in which it was determined that defendants, Katherine Walkki and George Thomas Walkki, were the owners of the land in question. Because we have concluded that the trial court applied an inapplicable statute to the facts of this case, we reverse and order that title to the land be vested in the plaintiffs.

Plaintiffs, Raymond and Ruth Wirtz, husband and wife, brought this action on August 9, 1972, to quiet title1 to land which they had acquired by a state assignment…