McLaughlin v. Niles Co.

The Niles Company sued David W. McLaughlin to partition certain improved lots in Denver. The court rendered judgment for the Niles Company on the pleadings, not decreeing the partition of the property, hut merely quieting title in the Niles Company, subject to a deed of trust wherein the defendant Harry W. Newcomb is trustee. McLaughlin says that there is no legal justification for the judgment against) him.

1. The petition alleges that the Niles Company and David W. McLaughlin “are the owners, as tenants in common,” of the property, “and that the interest of each * * * is a one-half (%)…