Meade v. Sturgill

DAVIS, Commissioner.

The appellant filed a “quiet-title” suit and sought damages for alleged slander of title. The suit was originated against appellees Nim Sturgill and his wife, based on their occupancy and claim of ownership of the land to which the appellant laid claim. The Board of Education of Johnson County, grantor by special warranty deed under which appellant claimed, was brought into the litigation by amended complaint.

Upon trial of the case without the intervention of a jury, the trial judge dismissed the complaint as to all defendants and quieted the title of Nim Sturgill and his…