Johnson v. Patterson

Bill in chancery filed in 1853, by the appellees against the appellants, to quiet and settle the title to certain real estate. The unknown heirs of Elizabeth Holliday were proper and necessary parties. They were made parties to the bill, and a decree taken against them, as well as the other defendants in the cause. They did not appear.

One of the errors assigned is, that the Court had not jurisdiction over them, they not having been duly notified, and the proper steps not having been taken to bring them into Court.

The statute provides that, “in cases where it shall be necessary to make any…