Faris v. City of Caruthersville

In a suit to quiet title to certain land, judgment was rendered for the defendant, City of Caruthersville, by the. circuit court of Pemiscot county, adjudging the title to. be in the city as prayed in its crossbill, and plaintiffs .have appealed.

We cull the following facts from the statement contained in appellants’ brief. The land was formerly owned in fee simple by .the appellants. It is situate within three miles of said city and adjoins Little Prairie Cemetery. In 1940 a suit was filed in said circuit court to condemn the land for public cemetery purposes as an enlargement of Little…