Vaughn v. Taylor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This was an action to quiet title to a residence property in the city of Topeka. Plaintiff has appealed from an adverse judgment.

The case was tried on the pleadings and a so-called oral “agreed” statement of facts. Those not in dispute are as follow:

One J. H. B. Taylor was the owner of the property in question at the time of his death, intestate, on July 17, 1937. In May of that year plaintiff and his wife Lucy, who was Taylor’s niece, moved into the home with him. Following Taylor’s death they continued to occupy the premises. Lucy died in…