Dampier v. Polk

Appellees sued to confirm their asserted title to 180 acres of land and an undivided one-fourth interest in the minerals therein, and to cancel the claims thereto of Plato Dampier, Larna Dampier, Mollie Dampier, I. F. Dale, Lawrence Polk, adult residents of Jefferson Davis County, and H. W. Dippel and M. A. Bletsch, nonresidents, all of whom were named defendants to the original bill. The appellees asserted title to the property under and hy virtue of a purchase thereof at a foreclosure sale under a deed of trust executed hy Plato Dampier and his wife to the Federal Land Bank. No answers were…