Westbrook v. City of Jackson

W. W., W. V., and Bondo Westbrook exhibited their bill in the chancery court of Hinds county against the city of Jackson, and John L. Ware, praying for a cancellation of an oil lease from the city of Jackson to Ware, and that the complainants be declared the sole owners of the property, and the city of Jackson be declared to have no right, title, or interest in or to the lands described, and that the city of Jackson’s claim be canceled as a cloud upon their title.

The land involved is described as lots 35 and 36, according to Daniel’s official map of the city of Jackson, and as containing six…