Langan v. Van Dusen

This is a statutory action to determine adverse claims to real estate in the city of Aberdeen, South Dakota, in which the decisive question is whether defendant sold the property involved to the plaintiff’s grantor or only leased it to' him.

In his complaint plaintiff claimed that he was the fee owner and entitled to the possession of lots 4 and 5 in Block 17, Highland Park Addition to said city. In addition to the general allegations permitted by our statute he alleged that the defendant at one time had an interest in the property but that she sold such interest to Roy Hermanson and that he…