Johnson v. Jarrett

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON

delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal is from a judgment in a quiet title action entered in the district court, Park County, determining the boundary between the parties’ property.

Plaintiffs Johnson filed an action to quiet title to about 500 acres of land located in Section 15, Township 1 South, Range 12 East, M.P.M., Park County, Montana. This appeal arises over a controversy as to the boundary line separating the property of plaintiffs and defendants in Lot 5 of Section 15.

In 1899, all of Lot 5, Section 15, was owned by Timothy Murray. On July 8,…