Jessup v. Carmichael

The questions discussed here are: Do the allegations in appellant’s petition filed in the Chancery Court entitle her to relief under Act 274 of 1953, known as the Declaratory Judgment Act, and was it reversible error for the trial court to sustain a demurrer to her petition1?

Eva Jessup, appellant, filed a petition alleging: She is the owner of lot 18 in Gregg & Houghton’s Subdivision of the South Main Addition to the City of Jonesboro and desires to improve and use said property for business purposes; one of the defendants, Carmichael, owns an adjoining lot on the north side on which is…