Woodruff v. Taylor

KANNER, Judge.

The chancellor entered an order granting a motion to dismiss the complaint. The object of the relief sought is to quiet title to certain real property. The appeal is interlocutory and emanates from the court’s ruling granting the motion to dismiss.

Essentially, a complaint to quiet title to real property against an alleged cloud upon it should allege sufficient facts to present a justiciable matter to a court of competent jurisdiction. Such complaint should not only show title in the plaintiff to the land in controversy but also that a cloud exists before relief can be rendered…