McDowell v. Herren

The bill is to quiet title and charges that one Haynes is setting up a claim to or upon the land involved. The bill also avers that the complainant claims title under a deed from the Herrens and that Haynes claims under a lien or title against the Herrens prior to his said deed, The Herrens were therefore proper, if not necessary, parties to the cause, and the bill was not subject to demurrer as for improper parties. Smith v. Gaines, 210 Ala. 245, 97 So. 739.

The Herrens being the common source of title of complainant, and the title or claim of the principal respondent, they should be given…