RIGGS v. McMURTRY

No. 20868.

400 P.2d 916 (1965)

William H. RIGGS and Mary L. Riggs, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Ione McMURTRY, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. In Department.

April 12, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon & Gordon, John J. Lefferdink, Lamar, for plaintiffs in error.

Harlan Johnson, Lamar, for defendant in error.


McWILLIAMS, Justice.

By writ of error the Riggses seek reversal of a judgment of the trial court which decreed that Ione McMurtry was the absolute owner of certain land by her adverse possession of the same for more than eighteen years as prescribed by C.R.S. '53, 118-7-1.

The following chronology will perhaps serve to place the present controversy in proper focus:

1. by warranty deed recorded April 13, 1935 one J. O. McMurtry acquired title to certain...

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