Johnson v. Johnson

Complainants filed the original bill against defendants to determine the owners of a tract of land and to sell same for partition.

■ By answer, defendants made an issue concerning the ownership of the land.

The Chancellor decreed in favor of defendants. Complainants prayed for and were granted an appeal from this decree of the Chancery Court which was adverse to them. ‘ Complainants filed their appeal bond in the Chancery Court and a pauper’s oath for some of them. The same principles apply, so we shall consider the case when an appeal bond was filed.

‘Within thirty days from the date of the…