O'Steen v. O'Steen
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Hugh A. Locke, Judge. Bill by Annie B. O’Steen against Ida O’Steen to quiet title to land. From a decree dismissing the original and cross-bill, complainant appeals. The following is the agreed statement of facts: The complainant and respondent are each over the age of 21 years, respondent being a resident of Jefferson county, Ala., ^and complainant being a resident of Lauderdale county, Ala.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Hugh A. Locke, Judge. Bill by Annie B. O’Steen against Ida O’Steen to quiet title to land. From a decree dismissing the original and cross-bill, complainant appeals. The following is the agreed statement of facts: The complainant and respondent are each over the age of 21 years, respondent being a resident of Jefferson county, Ala., ^and complainant being a resident of Lauderdale county, Ala. Complainant was at the time the bill in this case was filed, and still is, in peaceable possession of the real estate described in the original bill of…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Appellant filed her bill in this cause under the statute to settle the title to land in Jefferson county. Appellee is made the sole party defendant. The cause was submitted for final decree on an agreed statement of facts, which should appear in the report of the case. Appellant’s bill was dismissed, and from that decree this appeal is prosecuted.
In effect the ruling in the trial court was that appellee had an interest in the land, and that therefore no decree to the contrary could be rendered. The decree was correct.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- McLeod v. McLeodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Holley v. GloverSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1892
- Cooper v. CloudSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
3Cited by1 opinion
- Jones v. GlennSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946