Gaines v. Van Demark

This is an action to quiet title to certain land in Glacier county. The appeal is from a decree by which plaintiff was adjudged the owner of an undivided seven-ninths interest therein, and the defendant the owner of an undivided two-ninths interest. By the appeal, defendant, as appellant, seeks to have the decree modified so as to reduce plaintiff’s (respondent’s) interest to an undivided five-ninths, and to enlarge her interest to an undivided four-ninths. The record shows that the action was originally instituted against two defendants, but only one answered; the other appeared by general…