Dumm v. Cole County

The plaintiffs in their petition alleged that they were the owners of and in possession of certain lands in Cole County, and that Cole County claimed to own the same or some interest therein, and the petition set forth the nature of that claim. Plaintiffs asked for ascertainment and determination of title, and that title be adjudged in them as against defendants, and asked also that a proposed sale of the land by defendants for Cole County be restrained pending the determination of title. The petition describes nine parcels of land, but they form a contiguous body.

The claim of plaintiffs, as…