Bissell v. College Development Co.

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of the respondents and against the appellants, who had answered respondents’ complaint to quiet title to the Northwest Quarter (NW!4) of Section 23, Township 20 South, Range 62 East, M.D.B. & M., in Clark County, by counterclaiming that they were the rightful owners of the property.

1. The Facts.

A. The appellants’ chain of title.

In 1922, Walter J. Harvey acquired the 160-acre parcel that is the subject of this suit. In 1936, he conveyed the property by deed to his wife, Mary…