Cooper v. Carter Oil Company

CROCKETT, Justice.

Plaintiff,- record title holder, sued defendants to quiet title to certain real property in Duchesne County. As a defense,Joseph Wilcken set up a claim of title in himself derived from the county through tax proceedings and sale to him, and by adverse possession thereunder for a period of seven years. The .trial court concluded (a) that Wilcken did not have color of title for the required seven years, (b) that he had not paid taxes for that full period and (c) that he failed to prove adverse possession. We believe that such conclusions cannot reasonably be justified from the…