Hawk v. Walthew

This action was brought to quiet title to certain real estate. The defendant denied the claim of the plaintiff and sought to have the title to the disputed real estate quieted in himself. The trial was to the court without a jury, and resulted in findings of fact from which it was concluded that the plaintiff should take nothing and that the defendant was entitled to a judgment quieting the title to the property. Judgment was entered in accordance with the findings and conclusions, from which the plaintiff appealed.

The appellant, in the year 1897, acquired title to lot 3 in section 26, in a…