Wentworth v. Forne

Appellants, Mr. and Mrs. Bion C. Wentworth, filed this suit in the Chancery Court of Jackson County against Fred L. Lemon and Mrs. Myrtle D. McMurtray, who are the real appellees, and all other persons claiming title to a described piece of land in Ocean Springs. Its purpose was to confirm the Wentworths’ title to the tract, and to cancel certain deeds as clouds on the complainants ’ title. The defendants, Lemon and McMurtray, filed an answer, hut no cross-bill. They claimed record title to parts of a small strip of land on the south side of complainants’ lot. After hearing, the chancery…