Brownrigg v. Lyons

Hunter Brownrigg commenced this action to quiet title to a portion of land located in a certain vacated city alley. Plaintiff asserted ownership derived from the will of his grandfather, S. D. Lyons, deceased, that the property was willed to Bessie Lyons Edwards, his mother, by S. D. Lyons, and that he came into ownership as the sole heir of Bessie Lyons Edwards, deceased. The city and others were made parties defendant. Mary J. Lyons, the wife of S. D. Lyons at the time of his death, and one of the defendants herein, asserted ownership of the certain strip of land under a county court decree…