Empire Ranch & Cattle Co. v. Patterson

Appellee, as plaintiff, brought this action to quiet her title to certain lands in Washington county. The defenses pleaded were, a general denial; paramount title under a treasurer’s tax deed; former adjudication quieting title in the defendant; the' seven-year statute of limitations. By her reply plaintiff alleged that the tax deed was void on its face, and that the decree purporting to quiet title in the defendant was void for want of jurisdiction.

Plaintiff deraigned title to the land in question by mesne conveyances from the United States.

1. Defendant offered in evidence a decree of the…