Pekola v. Strand

This is an appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment dismissing an action to quiet title to certain real property. The action is the culmination of litigation between the parties which had its inception in 1939, when Strand, in a tort action against Martin and Regina Pekola, obtained a separate judgment against Martin Pekola.

Although the judgment did not run against Regina Pekola nor the community, Strand served notice of its entry upon her as well as upon Pekola. Within thirty days, Pekola and his wife filed a declaration of homestead upon the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section…