Hunter v. Hankinson

This is an appeal from a decree sustaining a demurrer to a bill. The bill alleges ownership in the appellant of a large body of land lying in a bend of the Mississippi river, the title to a portion thereof being traced from one source, and to the other from another source, a portion of the land is alleged to be claimed by Mrs. Hamer, another portion by Hankinson, and the remainder of the land by both. The prayer of the bill is for the correction of a deed to part of the land executed to the complainant by Mrs. Hamer; for a cancellation of the claims to the land both of Mrs. Hamer and…