Furnivall v. Groves

DOOL1NG, J.

Appellant filed a complaint to quiet her title to described real property. Respondent on August 18, 1953, filed an answer in three counts: Count 1 denied the material allegations of the complaint and Count 2 pleaded the judgment in a prior action as res judicata. The third count was headed in the pleading: "Further answering said complaint and by way of cross-complaint against the said plaintiff, defendant Nancy C. Groves alleges:”

The allegations following this heading affirmatively pleaded that defendant is the owner of the same property described in the complaint and prayed that…