Burke v. Caton

MERRILL, Justice.

Appeal from a decree quieting the title of complainant-appellee to a parcel of realty, consisting of commercial property, in the City of Mobile.

Appellee, Miss Susie Catón, filed a statutory bill to quiet title, alleging fee simple ownership and peaceable possession of the property. Appellant Burke, respondent and cross-complainant below, answered claiming title in himself by virtue of three separate deeds to the property from the City of Mobile, the said City of Mobile having acquired its title by foreclosure of municipal assessment liens. Burke also filed a cross-bill…