Faison v. Union Camp Corp.

The issues on this appeal stem from a dispute over title to a 10-acre parcel of land and the timber standing on it.

Conflicting claims were raised by a bill to quiet title and a cross-bill seeking declaratory judgment and by responsive pleadings. The chancellor held that “fee simple title to the 10 acre tract of land ... is vested in Morris W. Clements and Frances B. Clements [complainants in the cross-bill] . . . subject to the rights and privileges of Union Camp Corporation [complainant] in and to the timber on the said parcel of land”. Appealing from the judgment, Virginia E. Faison, one of…