Johnson v. Estate of Shelton

The plaintiff, Mrs. Charlotte Johnson, has brought an action in equity to quiet title to 320 acres of land located in Lewis and Clark County, near East Helena, Montana. The only defendant contesting the quiet title action is Mrs. Vera Shelton Graves, Mrs. Johnson’s first cousin, who asserts that the property is rightfully hers under the wills of William and Laura Shelton, the grandparents of both women as well as the adoptive parents of Mrs. Graves.

The Sheltons died in 1926 and 1927. This present dispute centers on their wills, which devise an undivided one-half interest in 320 acres of…