Rayl v. Rayl

The parties to this action are Mrs. J. A. Rayl, plaintiff below, and her son, Elijah Rayl. The plaintiff claimed that she was the owner of a certain quarter-section of land in Reno County, on.which she resided with her family, the title to one half of which was vested in the defendant; and that she was entitled to a conveyance from him, which he refused to execute. The defendant denied her right to a conveyance, though he conceded her right to the possession and use of the land during her life. The testimony in the case is very voluminous, yet the essential facts are not complicated;…