Scott Paper Co. v. Griffin

This appeal involves a quiet title action and comes to us from the Circuit Court for Baldwin County. Appellants, Scott Paper Company (Scott Paper), Hubert Edge (Edge), and C.R. Summers (Summers), contend that the provisions of Code 1975, §35-6-100, do not apply to them under the facts of this case. That statute allows a joint tenant or a tenant in common to purchase the interest of a petitioning joint tenant or tenant in common who seeks to have the jointly held property sold for division. Appellees, Carol S. Griffin (Griffin) and Elizabeth S. Sawyer (Sawyer), moved to invoke the provisions…