Alcorn v. State Highway Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

Plaintiff Nova L. Alcorn and others, appellees herein, brought this action to quiet title to certain real estate. The defendant (appellant), the State Highway Commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission, appealed from the judgment rendered in plaintiffs’ favor quieting title in them.

The petition, as amended, alleged in pertinent part that plaintiffs for more than twelve years prior to the commencement of the action were the owners in fee and in possession of sixty-two acres lying north of the Atchison,' Topeka and Santa Fe Railway…