Wylie v. Lewis

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This case is before the court on appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, in Equity, overruling respondent’s demurrer to an amended bill of complaint.

Complainant, W. Edward Lewis, filed a bill under the provisions of Tit. 7, Sec. 1109, Code of Alabama 1940, to quiet title to certain land situated in Jefferson County, Alabama, title to which he claims to have acquired by tax deed. The amended bill of complaint is sufficient to meet the statutory requirements of a bill to quiet title, but went further in an attempt to allege the complainant’s…