Lay v. Nutt

Complainant, Nutt, filed his bill to cancel, as a cloud upon his title to certain lands, the deed thereto of appellant and to enjoin certain acts of dominion exercised by the latter. The land involved is the N.W.% of S.E.%, Section 11, Township 9 North, Range 6 East, Leake County. In 1932, the record owner thereof was one B'oyd who executed a deed to Nutt on April 6, 1932. The deed was withheld from record until after a second deed from Boyd to Chipley executed and recorded exactly five years later. On May 91, 1940, Chipley deeded‘the lands to Lay. If such were the complete factual situation,…