Empire Ranch & Cattle Co. v. Webster

This is an action to quiet title under section 255 of the code. The complaint alleges that plaintiff, appellee, is the owner and in possession of the land in controversy; that defendant, appellant, without right against plaintiff, claims some title and interest therein, and thus casts a cloud upon his title. The,answer, for a first defense, admits that the defendant claims an interest in and title to the land, and'denies all other allegations of the complaint. For a second defense, the defendant sets up a tax title based on sale of 1896, for taxes of 1895, and an *209assignment of the tax sale…