Hill v. Henry

Stevens, V. C.

This is a bill to quiet title, the cloud to be removed being a possible claim of a right to dig for black lead under an agreement made by the then owner of the land with one William Henry in the year 1810. Its peculiarity consists in the fact that, as the bill itself is framed, it contains no defendants except “William Henry, or his heirs, devisees, or personal representatives.” It alleges that William Henry is dead, and so the suit is not against him. Ho other individuals are specially named and so the suit is not against individuals but against classes, those classes being (1)…