Tiffany v. Babcock

This is a bill in equity brought to quiet the title to four parcels of land situated in the town of South Kingstown.

Against two of the respondents a decree pro confesso was entered; as to the other respondents, the case was heard in the Superior Court on bill, answer and proof and a decree was entered granting the complainants the relief prayed for. The cause is before us on respondents’ appeal from this decree.

The premises in question were once a part of a farm belonging to William Peckham, who died May 19, 1820. By his will he devised all the real estate to his seven surviving children. One…