National Bank of Commerce Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Rhodes

This was an action in equity to quiet title to land in Nemaha County, Nebraska, and Perkins County, Nebraska, as against Paul Rhodes. The petition prayed that certain purported conveyances, which also included land in Fremont County, Wyoming, be declared void and the court find that title to the property was vested in the plaintiff bank in trust. Since the action was a suit in equity, it was for trial to the court without a jury. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-21,120 (Reissue 1979).

The property in question had been conveyed to the plaintiff bank, in trust, in 1975, by Guy W. Rhodes, now deceased, and…