Cannon v. First Nat. Bank

OPINION OF THE COURT

WATSON, J.

Cannon sued in statutory form to quiet title. He named the bank as the only defendant, alleging that it made some adverse claim. The bank’s answer denied that Cannon was the owner in fee simple, and admitted that it made adverse claim. By cross-complaint the bank set up a certain judgment rendered against one Northcutt and duly docketed by the clerk of the court; a transcript thereof filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk; that said Northcutt was at that time the owner of the premises; and prayed that the lien of the judgment be foreclosed as…