Hendricks v. Perkins

OPINION

Appellants, John and Helen Hendricks, challenge a judgment quieting title to Government Lots 2 and 3 in Moapa, Nevada, in favor of respondent, Clyde Perkins. Appellants contend the court erred in finding respondent is the owner of an undivided one-half interest in the land and water rights at issue.

In February of 1954, appellants purchased an undivided one-half interest in Government Lots 2 and 3, “containing 80 acres *248more or less,” from Frank Perkins.1 The record reflects appellants were advised, at the time of sale, that respondent’s father, Joe Perkins, owned the other one-half…