Whitney v. Combe

Mary Whitney, George Donaldson, and Dorothy Donaldson brought this action in the district court for Dundy County against Maria Combe, Otto Combe, Mabel Combe, George Combe, and Esther Combe. The purpose of the action is to have the court quiet in them the title to Lot 11 in Block 40 in the Second Addition to Benkelman, Nebraska. The trial court found generally for the defendants and dismissed the plaintiffs’ petition. Their motion for new trial having been overruled, the plaintiffs appealed.

The record discloses the following factual situation: Maria Combe, a widow whose husband Charles had…