Standard Oil Company v. Milner

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appellees (Susie M. Milner, Martha Milner Benedict, and Gustrine Milner Mabry) filed in the circuit court of Jefferson Comity, in equity, a bill against appellant (Standard Oil Company) seeking a declaration that, as between the parties, Standard Oil “owns no right, title or interest” in a specified portion of an abandoned railroad right-of-way and that appellees are the owners in fee simple of such property. Standard Oil brings this appeal from a final decree granting to appellees the relief they prayed for.

What has to be decided is the ownership, as between the parties, of…