Nixon v. Johnson

McFADDEN, Justice.

On January 16, 1962, W. W. Nixon, plaintiff-respondent, initiated this action to partition certain unimproved farm land in Boundary County, hereinafter referred to as allotments 36 and 37. Nixon alleged that he and the defendants-respondents are tenants in common on the land. All parties claim possession through one Wayne Tucker, a lessee under a written lease for each allotment which lease was executed by the defendants and the Superintendent of Indian Field Service on behalf of respondents’ predecessor and minors and absentee heirs, as the lessors. The land involved had…