Veirs v. Roberts

This is an action to quiet title brought by plaintiff against her brothers and sisters and the administrator of her mother’s estate.

The questions involved in the appeal turn on the validity of a deed made by the plaintiff’s mother to her of the property described in the complaint.

On March 2, 1881, William R. Roberts, Sr., died, leaving his belongings, which were all community property, to Mary J. Roberts, his widow, and to his children. Out of the proceeds of her share of the estate, as distributed, Mary J. Roberts in the year 1888 purchased the property now in controversy for three thousand…