Barton v. Lumpkin

Appellee, Estelle Lumpkin, filed her bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, in Equity, Bessemer Division, against appellant, Louise Barton, to quiet title to a small area of real estate in Jefferson County. The complaint contained the usual statutory averments required by § 1109, Title 7, Code 1940.

Respondent filed an answer and cross-bill admitting the jurisdictional averments of the complaint, but denying that appellee was the owner of the described area; also she contended that if appellee was in possession of the premises, such possession was not peaceful.

By the…