Dolan v. Tate

This is a suit filed by the appellants to cancel the claim of the appellees to certain land as a cloud on their title thereto. A demurrer to the bill was sustained, and the bill was dismissed. It appears from the bill of complaint that the appellants, the complainants in the court below, are the widow and children of P. A. Dolan, who . died intestate seized and possessed of the land. Dolan was a surety on the bond of William Beeves, Jr., sheriff and tax collector of Harrison county. ‘Beeves defaulted, and the shortage in his account with the state and county was paid by several of his…