Doherty v. Healy
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Clear Creek , County. Hon. A. H. De France, Judge. Action by Benjamin B. Healy against 'William F. Doherty. ' Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Steele
The action was brought by Healy to quiet title to- certain lots in Idaho Springs in which Doherty claimed an- interest. The title to the property in question at one time stood in the name of one Allan B. Wrisley, who had taken a deed absolute on its face from Doherty in the year 1885. Doherty held *461an equitable interest in the property, and in the year 1886 induced Wrisley to execute an absolute deed to Healy. Healy then paid the amount due- Wrisley as well as certain other debts of Doherty’s £fnd made improvements upon the property, Doherty doing certain work thereon himself. In 1889' Doherty…
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