Hooks v. Spies

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from an adverse judgment in a quiet title action. We affirm.

The land in question is a 17.34 acre tract in Lincoln County. For our purposes title commences with a deed for the land from Leon Lovell and Phyllis L. Lovell, his wife, to Millie Hermann, a single person, dated October 1, 1955. Millie Hermann was the secretary and straw party for Herbert D. Hooks, Sr. The Lovell deed described only the 17.34 acre tract. As straw party for Herbert D. Hooks, Sr., who invested in real estate, Millie Hermann also executed a deed of trust in June 1955 to Oliver Erbs as…