Rountree v. Marshall

This action was brought by the appellee herein on May 22, 1897, in the district court of Maricopa County, against the appellant and one Marcus Jacobs, to recover the possession of certain real estate, with the rents and profits thereof, stated to be worth the sum of fifty dollars per month, and asking that the title to the premises be quieted in the appellee, that he have possession thereof, and that a conveyance from one William Ruff to the appellant, Rountree, be declared fraudulent and void, and canceled as a cloud upon the title. The facts, as disclosed by the evidence, were as follows:…