Adams v. Pearce

The bill in this case was filed to quiet the title to land. Appellee was complainant, and appellant was respondent. The bill alleged that complainant was the owner of the land, and contained statutory averments.

This allegation of ownership, which was denied in the answer, placed on complainant the burden of proving ownership in addition to peaceable possession. Vaughan v. Palmore, 176 Ala. 72, 57 So. 488. The issues are therefore different from a case where ownership in complainant is not alleged. Davis v. Daniels, 204 Ala. 374, 85 So. 797; Gray v. Ala. Fuel & Iron Co., 216 Ala. 416, 113 So.…