Hood v. Fletcher

GIBBONS, Superior Judge.

— This case is one wherein plaintiffs seek to quiet title to a tract of land situated in Cochise county, Arizona. The land in question was leased by the record owner, Wm. J. Berner, to defendants, appellees, on April 26th, 1913, for a named rental and for a period of twenty years.

It appears that at the time of executing a contract of lease the lessor, Wm. J. Berner, was a married man. That his wife was one Melissa ft. Berner, a resident of the state of Missouri, and who had never been a resident of the state of Arizona. That subsequent to the execution of the lease…