Screws v. Heard

The appeal is by one of the respondents to a bill filed “to settle the title to real property and to clear up all doubt and disputes concerning the same.”

The statutes having application and often construed by this court are sections 9905, 9906, Code of 1923, and have not been changed since the Code of 1907, §§ 5443, 5444.

It is averred that the parties named had, or asserted, the interest, claim, or title indicated, that no other'suit is pending to enforce or test the validity of the title to said land; avers that other named parties of respondents were in possession and refused to surrender…