Knickerbocker v. Bangs

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiffs sued to quiet title to a ten-acre tract of land. From an adverse judgment they appeal, and the questions involved concern the effect of an administrators’ sale and the matter of adverse possession. The trial court made findings of fact which appear to be satisfactory to both parties, the controversy being over the conclusions of law. From these *734findings it appears that the land was embraced in a larger body, which passed by the will of Soranus L. Brettun in 1881; that under this will the widow, Margaret, took a life estate.…