Coykendall v. Briggs

This is an action to determine adverse claims to 80 acres of land in Bamsey county, and apparently is suggested by the outcome of the case of Briggs v. Coykendall, reported in 224 N. W. 202, where many of the facts are set forth.

Both parties claim title from the same source. Originally the land belonged-to one Fred Ooykendall, father of Harry and of Pearl Briggs and brother of the plaintiff and of Frank Ooykendall. Just before this controversy started, one Harry Ooykendall owned the land in question. December 30, 1926, he deeded the land to Pearl Briggs his sister; but owing to her inability…