Sparks v. Mendoza

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of defendants after trial before the court without a jury in an action to quiet title to a parcel of real property.

The evidence being viewed in the light most favorable to defendants (respondents) the essential facts are:

Her linda S. Rios, of Mexican descent, came to the United States with her husband from the Republic of Mexico in 1913. The family settled in Alton, Illinois. Thereafter the husband returned to Mexico and later died leaving surviving him his widow and a number of children including the plaintiff, Herlinda S. Sparks. All the children…