Spurlock v. Johnston

The parties to this action appeared in reverse order in the trial court, and we will refer to them herein as plaintiffs and defendants as they there appeared.

This is a suit to quiet title to real property. It was brought by plaintiffs’ assignor, the Hatchett Cattle Company, a corporation, which claimed ownership to a tract of land through a warranty deed from the owner, the action being against defendants who claimed title to the same land by virtue of a recorded contract of sale which antedated the warranty deed, which contract,' it is claimed, was later confirmed by conveyance of the land…