American Public Finance, Inc. v. Smith

IRVING, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal arises out of a suit and resulting judgment to quiet title filed in the Harrison County Chancery Court by Lloyd A. Smith. After the entry of judgment quieting title, American Public Finance, Inc. (APF) filed a motion requesting that it be allowed to intervene in the suit and that the judgment be set aside. The chancery court denied the motion. Feeling aggrieved, APF appeals and asserts that the chancery court: (1) should have joined APF as a necessary party to the suit to quiet title, (2) abused its discretion when it refused to set aside the judgment…