Bowes v. Republic Oil Co.

MR. JUSTICE' MATTHEWS

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appeal from decree quieting title to real estate. On May 13, 1924, William Bowes commenced an action to quiet title to a tract of land owned by him and lying in Blaine county. In his complaint he named a large number of individuals and corporations and included all unknown claimants, and alleged that, while the defendants might claim some interest in the land, no one of them had any right, title or interest therein.

B. N. Forbes, trustee, alone contested the right of the plaintiff to a decree quieting his title to the land. By answer…