Shoen v. Baker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This is an action to quiet title to the east half of a vacated avenue which lies between the lots of plaintiff and de*631fendant, the plaintiff claiming the reversion of the entire avenue when vacated and the defendant claiming the east half, which is adjacent to her lot. The trial court decided in favor of the defendant, dividing the avenue equally between plaintiff and defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

The agreed statement of facts on which the case was tried was, in substance, as follows: In 1885 one Louisa Olive owned a tract of land which…