Hume v. Inglis

The bill of complaint in this case is drawn in three aspects: A bill to reform certain deeds of conveyance, to cancel clouds on title, and to confirm title. There was a final decree in which the bill was sustained in all its said three aspects. However, it is distinctly alleged in the bill, and is shown in the proof, that the land in question, is in the actual occupancy of one of the defendants, and that this defendant is asserting some claim of right adverse to the complainant.

A bill to confirm title can be maintained as such only when there is no adverse occupancy of the land. Section 549',…