MORRIS v. WELLS

No. 39909.

381 P.2d 882 (1963)

Roy MORRIS et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Edith N. WELLS and George T. Ellis, individually, and also in his official capacity as Administrator with Will Annexed of the Estate of Joseph E. Crawford, deceased, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

May 14, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Brown and Brown, McAlester, Ellis M. Brown and Donald R. Hackler, McAlester, of counsel, for plaintiffs in error.

John F. Hudson Stigler and Woodrow McConnell, Oklahoma City, for defendants in error.


JACKSON, Justice.

The plaintiff in the trial court, Edith N. Wells, brought this action to quiet her alleged title to 92 acres of land. Her claim of ownership is based upon title by prescription by virtue of over twenty years of adverse possession.

Her pleadings and evidence show that in 1926 John Morris resided upon and owned the property at the time of his death, intestate, in that year. That John Morris was survived...

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