Anderson-Tully Co. v. Tingle

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The suit began in a Mississippi State court, brought by appellees, citizens of Mississippi, against appellant, a corporation of Michigan, to recover the value of timber cut from lands east of and adjacent to the Mississippi River to which the plaintiffs claimed title. The suit-was removed to the federal district court, where the defendant claimed title to the land, and alleging that the plaintiffs were clouding its title counterclaimed by praying a decree cancelling the cloud and quieting its title. The plaintiffs then asked a decree quieting their title, so that the…