Boroughs v. Whitley

IRWIN, Justice.

T. H. Boroughs and Blanche Boroughs, plaintiffs in error, commenced proceedings to quiet title to property occupied by them as their homestead, against the lien of several judgments which had been filed by the several defendants. The trial court quieted plaintiffs’ title against the liens of all the defendants except the lien of defendant W. W. Whitley. Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of W. W. Whitley wherein it was decreed that Whitley had an equitable lien upon the property in the amount of $1,459.77.

The basis for Whitley’s alleged equitable lien is that…