Striplin & Co. v. Cooper & Son

The purpose of the bill is to enjoin an action of ejectment brought by the appellants against appellees, Cooper & Son; also, to have cancelled, as a cloud on their title, a sheriff’s deed held by the respondents, and to enforce as against them what is claimed to be a perfect equitable title to the land in controversy.

It is a fact of vital importance in the case that the premises in question were once the homestead of one A. M. Wortham, being less in value than three hundred dollars, and of an area not exceeding eighty acres. The complainants in the bill derive their title through him. Being…