May v. Campbell

This appeal arose out of a property ownership dispute in St. Clair County.

Lillie May; Ledell May; Georgia Mae Gowens; Roseus Gowens; Ruth Bellamy; Riley Bellamy; and Nancy Williams, as the heirs at law of Hulda Brown, deceased, brought this action in the nature of a bill to quiet title against Woodrow and Carolyn Campbell. The heirs of Brown also instituted this action against the unknown heirs of Thomas Brown, James Brown, Mary Edwards, Dora Lackey, Sybatha Brown, and Hulda Brown. The court appointed a guardian ad litem to protect the unknown heirs' interests.

The Campbells counterclaimed,…