Tenney v. Luplow

LOCKWOOD, Justice:

Carl Tenney, administrator of the estate of Jean V. Spear (hereafter defendant) appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court, Maricopa County which quieted title to certain realty in the plaintiff, Dorothy Luplow.

The facts giving rise to this suit are mainly undisputed; the application of the law to the facts is the basis for defendant’s appeal here.

J. W. Spear was the father of defendant’s decedent J. V. Spear. In 1911, plaintiff Dorothy Luplow met J. W. Spear and his wife. They were quite fond of Dorothy and •expressed, at one time, a desire to adopt her as their own…