McKenzie v. Hixon
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Monroe County ; Ben D. Turner, Judge. Bill by Mabala McKenzie and others against Carl Hixon and others. Ffom a decree denying relief to complainants, and granting relief to defendants on their answer, treated as a cross-bill, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The appellants filed this bill against the appellees to quiet title to the land described therein. The appellees constituted their answer a cross-bill wherein they sought the affirmation that the title to the land in question was in them. The appellants trace their claim of interest in the land from Aaron McKenzie, who died about 1913. The appellees (cross-complainants) rely for their title upon a deed, of date August 7, 1891, from Aaron and Mahala McKenzie to Alfred C. and Liston A. Hixon. The court below sustained and confirmed the claim of the appellees (cross-complainants) to the land in…
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