Baldwin v. Harrelson

The bill in this case, to settle and determine a disputed boundary line, does not contain more than the statutory requirements. Section 6439 et seq., and § 6465, subd. 5, Code. It does not go so far as to describe the true line, nor allege that it is unknown to complainant. Ordinarily this should be done. Smith v. Bachus, 195 Ala. 8, 70 So. 261. But its absence does not deprive the court of jurisdiction, and is not fatal to relief when there is no demurrer on that ground. Smith v. Cook, 220 Ala. 338, 124 So. 898.

When such a bill seeks only the statutory relief, the complainant, upon proving…