Slosson v. McNulty
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. Ti-ios. H. Smith. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant against the appellees under the statute to compel the determination of claims to real estate and to quiet title thereto, which now forms sections 809-813 of the Code of 1896. The property as to which the complainants seek to clear their title, however, consists' of several thousand acres of land in Baldwin county, Alabama, which form a number of…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. Ti-ios. H. Smith. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant against the appellees under the statute to compel the determination of claims to real estate and to quiet title thereto, which now forms sections 809-813 of the Code of 1896. The property as to which the complainants seek to clear their title, however, consists' of several thousand acres of land in Baldwin county, Alabama, which form a number of different tracts. The allegations of the bill ■are, that the claimants derived their title to different portions of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
This bill is filed jby Cornelia D. Slossen et al. “to compel the determination of claims to land and to quiet title,” under sections 809-813 of the Code. The land in question is referred to in the bill as '“a large tract,” and the particular description shows the tract to contain many thousands of acres. The bill also shows that complainant acquired title from three separate and distinct sources severally to as many separate and distinct portions of the tract. Twenty-five or thirty persons are made parties respondent to the bill; and it is alleged that “each of the defendants if , * * claim…
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