McGuire v. Walker

MILLER, Justice:

This case originated in the Circuit Court of Mercer County as an action to quiet title to approximately nine acres of land. Although the suit involves many parties, by virtue of various transfers and successions to land, at its center is the effort of Maxine Bailey, the appellant, to prove that her family owns the land. Appellant claims that her family has consistently held and used the land since 1891, when J.M. Bowling purchased thirty-seven acres of land, of which the nine acres was a part, from the Commissioner of School Lands at a delinquent tax sale.1

The circuit court…