Thorp v. Hanes

Appellants claim to be the owners of, and by this action seek to quiet the title to, the real estate in dispute, and to recover rents and profits.

Appellee also claims to be the owner of the real estate, and, by a cross complaint, asks that his title be quieted as against any claim by appellants. The court below decided in his favor, and rendered a decree accordingly.

The case comes here upon the evidence, which, in brief, is as follows i John S. Thorp, a resident of Marshall county, *325and the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of land in that county, died intestate in 1854, leaving Alice…