Bell v. Protheroe

This is an action to quiet title and cancel deeds brought by plaintiff, Margaret E. Protheroe, against defendant Ora Ethel Bell. The case was tried to the court as one of equitable cognizance, judgment was rendered for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

From the record it appears that the following facts were established by the evidence: Plaintiff was the stepdaughter of Lewis J. Bell, who, in his lifetime, acquired title to two lots in Oklahoma City, upon which was a duplex dwelling house. Bell made his home with his stepdaughter and her husband, and she and her husband rented the property and…