Valberg Coulter v. Joel Ramberg

The plaintiffs bring an action to quiet title in themselves to the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section Twenty-nine and the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section Thirty-two, all in Township One Hundred Fifty-six, North of Range Ninety-five West of the 5th. P.M. Their complaint follows the statutory form claiming ownership and demanding that the defendant be required to set forth all his adverse claims to said property and that the same be decreed null and void. The defendant admits he claims an interest in the land and sets up against the plaintiffs the ten year statute of limitations (Sec. 28-0122 NDRC 1943) and alleges laches on the part of the plaintiffs. Then the defendant makes a counterclaim in the form of statutory complaint to quiet title in him alleging that he is the owner of the property and that the claims of the plaintiffs are inferior to his rights. Plaintiffs reply alleging that defendants title is based upon a void tax deed from Williams County.