Maze v. Bennett

Hatcher, Judge:

This is a suit to remove as a cloud upon the several titles of the plaintiffs to a tract of some 500 acres a partially executed compromise in writing made in 1896 between their predecessors in title and other claimants of the land. The circuit court sustained a demurrer to the bill and plaintiffs appeal.

In 1896, the Bennetts and the Mazes were in litigation over the tract and they concluded a written compromise, stipulating (1) that the litigation should terminate, (2) that the Mazes should pay to the Bennetts $50.00 and “convey” unto them “1/16 of the oil and gas that may be…