Calame v. Paisley

Appellant, Paul Calame, filed a bill in the circuit court of Montgomery county to quiet title to eighty acres of land in said county and to cancel certain documents with reference to the land. A general demurrer filed by appellee was overruled and answer filed, and after the pleadings were settled the cause was heard before the chancellor and the bill was dismissed for want of equity. The case was then appealed to this court.

The record shows that on September 18, 1891, John Durston, who then owned the said land, executed and acknowledged an agreement with appellee, George W. Paisley, called…