Bowden v. Heaton

Plaintiffs, Lottie Bowden and Clara Mitchell, about January 31, 1945, filed an action claiming to be owners of some 800 acres of land in Humboldt County, and seeking to quiet their title thereto. Numerous defendants were named, but as the only defendants concerned with this appeal are Jennison Heaton and his wife, Beulah P. Heaton, further reference to the others may be omitted.

The Heatons filed an answer and a cross-complaint setting up ownership of some 600 acres of the property in themselves, *735and seeking to quiet title as against plaintiffs. The latter replied to the cross-complaint, and…