Smith v. Strickland

J. R. Buchanan and his wife filed their bill in' the chancery court of Lauderdale county, Miss., against Mrs. Mary G. Chapman and her children, Stephen C. Smith, Edward Earl Smith, and Thomas Givens Smith, who were nonresidents of the state. The purpose of the bill was to confirm the title of the complainants to the land, described as lot 12 of block 35, of Dillehay & Weather-bee’s subdivision of Dearman’s survey of the city of Meridian, Miss., and to cancel and remove as a cloud upon said title any and all claims, rights, or title thereto, which may be claimed or asserted by the defendants…