Burton v. Schooley

Judge Helm

Reversing.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court in a suit for a declaration of rights in which the appellee, Josephine B. Schooley, asked the court to declare that she was the absolute owner, vested with a perfect title to real estate in Jefferson County, described in the pleadings and judgment.

Appellants, Aaron M. Burton and Bessie A. Burton, filed a demurrer to the petition. The demurrer was overruled. They declined to plead further. The court entered judgment in accordance with the prayer of appellee’s petition, declaring appellee to be the absolute…