Wilkerson v. Thomas

Defendant appeals from a judgment quieting title in plaintiff to an undivided one-half interest in certain property located in Ventura County.

The property here in controversy was originally patented by the United States Government in 1918 to Charles B. Winninger, who was the brother of Mrs. Blanche Wilkerson, hereafter referred to as the plaintiff. The evidence discloses that at about the time Mr. Winninger received his patent, he came to an agreement with H. C. Wilkerson, plaintiff’s since-deceased husband, by the terms of which both were to hold an undivided half interest in the land which…