Hill v. Blackwelder

This is an appeal from a decree of the Montgomery circuit court dismissing a bill in chancery, brought by Dresser and Hill, against Blackwelder, to enjoin the prosecution of an action of ejectment by the latter against the two former, to recover possession of a certain forty-acre and a certain ten-acre tract of land. Both parties claim title from a common source,—James A. Harris, deceased. The record shows that Harris was indebted to divers persons who had recovered judgments against him, among whom were Buford & Field, who recovered a judgment against Harris before a justice of the peace on…