Kennedy v. Scally

In addition to the usual allegations in a complaint to quiet title, the plaintiff alleged that defendant gave him and his wife, Margaret S. Kennedy, a daughter of defendant, the land in controversy, consisting of 160 acres, and that they took possession thereof under the gift and expended in making permanent improvements thereon the sum of $4,000 during the year 1912, $3,000 during 1913, and made valuable improvements in the years 1914 and 1915. The prayer is for a judgment decreeing “that plaintiff is the owner in fee,simple absolute, possessed and entitled to the possession of the undivided…