Blake v. Denman

Ed F. McFaddin, Justice.

In this partition suit filed by appellee, the appellants have pleaded a variety of defenses, bnt all without avail.

John Blake owned a tract of approximately twenty acres, on which an out-of-State party acquired the tax title. Blake then retained W. E. Denman, an attorney at Prescott, to recover the title. Denman was successful; and for his fee, he received from John Blake and wife a warranty deed to an undivided one-third interest in the land. The deed was duly executed, acknowledged, delivered and recorded in 1937.1 By agreement with Denman, Blake occupied the land…