Conradi v. Perkins

JOSEPH, S. J.

Plaintiffs appeal from judgments dismissing their forcible entry and detainer action and awarding defendant attorney fees.

Sidney and Opal Perkins bought 80 acres in 1949; later they sold 40 acres of the tract. Opal had two daughters from a former marriage, Judith and Joan, and she and Sidney had two sons, one of whom is the defendant. In 1957, when Joan was planning to marry John Snyder, Opal and Sidney purportedly made them a wedding gift of approximately five acres of the property. John testified that he and Sidney eventually identified the property by walking the boundaries…