Wilson v. Birt

Wilson was defendant below; there was a judgment against him in a suit to quiet title to a house in Denver and he brings error.

The complaint was in the ordinary form alleging title and possession in the plaintiffs and a claim of interest by defendant without right. The defense was ownership in the defendant, who claimed by warranty deed from one Lulu Covington, deceased. The plaintiffs also claimed under her as heirs of Estelle Wilson, deceased, the divorced wife of defendant. They sought to overcome defendant’s deed in three ways: (1) That the price of the house was paid by Estelle Wilson…