State Ex Rel. Commissioners of Land Office v. Leecraft

BLACKBIRD, Justice.

This action was commenced by defendant in error as plaintiff, against plaintiff in error as defendant, to quiet his title to an 80 acre tract of land. Our continued reference to the parties will be by their trial court designations.

Nothing was shown in plaintiff’s petition with reference to previous ownership of, or title to, the land except that his title was derived through his Mother, by a warranty deed executed August 31, 1943. In the petition, the alleged cloud on plaintiff’s title, which he prayed to have “barred”, was briefly referred to as a deficiency in favor of…