Baldwin v. Odom

COLEMAN, Justice.

Respondents appeal from an adverse decree in suit to quiet title to a parcel of land described as follows:

“SW J4 of SE 14 Section 23, Township 15 North, Range 2 East, in Marengo County Alabama, containing 40 acres, more or less.”

The bill of complaint was filed November 5, 1971. Complainants Virginia Wilson Odom and Hugh E. Wilson, Jr. allege that Virginia Wilson Odom is the record owner in fee simple subject to a reservation for life to Hugh E. Wilson, Jr. of all minerals and timber. Complainants further allege that respondents, as heirs of one Adam Smith, claim or are…