Johnson v. Norton

This is an action brought by the plaintiff to quiet the title of land in him as against the defendant Sarah G. Norton, arising as a result of the recording of certain contracts between the plaintiff and the defendant. After the action was initiated the defendant had joined as parties defendant certain heirs of a deceased sister on a showing that an undivided one-third interest in the land had been conveyed to the sister by Sarah G. Norton. The defendants sought specific performance of the contracts and an accounting of rents and profits. At the beginning of the trial it was stipulated that…